Tension Between Sports Humanities and Social Sciences: A Dialogue Between Philosophy of Sport and Psychology of Sport

Sports is a concrete human social activity, which is not only related to human psychological activities, but also extends the relevant abstract concepts. Different academic disciplines and scientific theories have shown increasing interest in studying sports, and different disciplinary orientations lead to long-standing disputes. Humanities and social sciences both debate with and inspire each other in the field of sports research. Two scholars, with backgrounds in philosophy and psychology, have engaged in a debate-style dialogue on the creation and use of concepts, the selection of research methods, the highlights of research significance and the exploration of research topics in sport studies. Through dialogue, possibilities and pathways for cross-disciplinary learning within sports humanities have been established, along with how researchers can derive research topics and features from their personal expertise and disciplinary backgrounds.