Philosophy & Hurling: Thinking & Playing
Philosophy Now|February/March 2024
Stiofán Ó Murchadha knowing how we know.
Stiofán Ó Murchadha
Philosophy & Hurling: Thinking & Playing

We are often unconscious of what it is we are actually doing in our actions, including while playing sports. But this is a good thing. If people were explicitly aware of all they do, two major things would follow. Firstly, they would be awed by how amazing they are as organisms; secondly, nothing would get done. Therefore, it is important that we come to intuit certain forms of practical knowledge, in order for acts like hammering a nail into a wall or playing sport to be possible.

Michael Polanyi’s book Personal Knowledge: Toward a PostCritical Philosophy (1958) will support us in philosophically investigating the ancient Irish sport of hurling, which is something like a cross between hockey, lacrosse, rugby – and some might add sword fighting. The first part of this article will explain Polanyi’s epistemology of knowledge – in other words, how we know what we know. After that, we will apply this theory to the game of hurling.

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