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Recent developments in international football governance seem to be progressively leading toward an increasing use of technological devices for refereeing purposes. Opponents to change are often portrayed as old-fashioned and conservative. Philosophy might be of some help to overcome the dispute. In this paper, we first explore several concepts that are central to the current debate on football refereeing. Then, we determine the business of referees in relation to rules. We assess different arguments displayed regarding the role of chance and skills in competitions. Finally, we argue for the idea of referees as full players in football games.
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This paper draws upon research supported by the Estonian Research Council PUT 267 ‚Diagrammatic mind: logical and communicative aspects of iconicity‘ (Principal investigator Professor Ahti-Veikko Pietarinen) and by the basic research program at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Russia). A previous version of this paper was presented at the Faculty Seminar on Philosophy in the Ragnar Nurkse School of Innovation and Governance (Tallinn University of Technology, 24 September, 2014) and at the 10th Annual Estonian Philosophy Conference (University of Tartu, 25–27 September, 2014). We would like to express our gratitude to the participants who attended our talks for their remarks and suggestions that contributed to the shaping of this paper.
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Moktefi, A., Schang, F. (2015). On Rules and Refereeing in Football. In: Koslow, A., Buchsbaum, A. (eds) The Road to Universal Logic. Studies in Universal Logic. Birkhäuser, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15368-1_19
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