The Genius in Art and in Sport A Contribution to the Investigation of Aesthetics of Sport.docVIP

Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, 2010, 37, 182-193 ? 2010 Human Kinetics, Inc. The authors are with the Dept. of Aesthetics of Sport, Faculty of Sports, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, and with the Dept. of Philosophy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK. The Genius in Art and in Sport: A Contribution to the Investigation of Aesthetics of Sport Teresa Lacerda and Stephen Mumford This paper contains a consideration of the notion of genius and its significance to the discussion of the aesthetics of sport. We argue that genius can make a positive aesthetic contribution i