‘Did Not Finish’: A Phenomenology of Failure

Sport, Ethics and Philosophy 15 (1):27-42 (2019)
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This paper explores what it means to fail in an ultramarathon—be marked DNF, or Did Not Finish—through hermeneutic phenomenology. In today’s popular culture, failure holds a paradoxical position: P...

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Tim Gorichanaz
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