ABSTRACT
What content is possible for a truly philosophical account of, say, sport? In particular, how can its conceptual character (as philosophy) accommodate the need to recognize the features of particular sports as they occur through the contingencies of actual sporting events? Attempts to conceptualize narrowly the intrinsic features of a particular sport typically come to grief on the assumed need to cover all cases – for instance, applying to all the varied occasions on which that sport is played.
