As year thirteen of KineSophy draws to a close, I’m returning to the year-end wrap-up I initiated last year with summaries of the most popular content on the site in 2025. The following six articles (three new, three old) were the most-viewed on KineSophy this year. Welcome to KineSophy’s best … Read more
Since 2013, I have closed each year with a review of all the content published on KineSophy. I wrote the initial Year in Review mostly to convince myself there was a coherent theme connecting everything I had put on the site during its first twelve months. And every year since … Read more
2023 was a year of both expansion and contraction for KineSophy. Several new voices shared their views on topics related to the KineSophy mission. At the same time, events and trends across the globe and in my personal life reinforced the links between health, fitness, sports, society and philosophy. Before … Read more
While the COVID-19 pandemic is still not over, 2022 saw a marked shift away from the practices and media coverage of the previous two years. And this change in focus played out on KineSophy as well. This past year, I returned to the topics that grounded this site in the … Read more
One year ago, I closed 2020 hoping for an end to the COVID-19 pandemic and optimistic that we had learned some hard lessons from the previous year. While the first wish hasn’t come to fruition in 2021, I do believe the past two years have forced all of us to … Read more
Wow, 2020 has been a year. As I go through my annual project of taking stock of the year in KineSophy, everything I wrote before mid-March seems like it’s already several years old. In January, before we all realized how essential exercising indoors would become, I opined about the virtues … Read more
As the end of 2019 approaches, it’s time for my usual attempt to summarize the previous year on KineSophy. KineSophy continued to grow from its foundation, and I was able to explore new issues in health, fitness, sports, society and philosophy. I also tried to apply the ideas of KineSophy … Read more
As we move into 2019, it’s again time for me to draw some cohesive themes from KineSophy in 2018. I think 2018 saw this website grow out of its stable foundation and begin to explore new avenues of thought in health, fitness, sports, society and philosophy. In particular, I extended some … Read more
As 2017 departs, KineSophy is about to move into its sixth year of existence. And as we enter 2018, it’s time for my annual reflection on the state of the KineSophy project. With the groundwork of KineSophy laid in years past, 2017 continued my push to explore other perspectives in … Read more
At the most basic level, KineSophy is concerned with ethical arguments, that is, arguments about what we should do and how we should live, particularly in regards to physical health and fitness. The most effective arguments apply to both the general and particular. If you have an argument for why … Read more