Title: PHILOSOPHY OF SPORTS AS A SUBSTANCE BASIS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONALITY AND EXPRESSION OF THE GENERAL ESSENCE OF COMPETITION
Abstract: The relevance of the research is that the development of sports philosophy as a substantial basis for the development of personality and the expression of the generic competition essence acquires great practical importance, because the impact of sport on personality development is great. The purpose of the article is to conceptualize new knowledge about the sports philosophy as a substantial basis for the personality development and the formation of its sports culture. Objectives of the research: 1) to analyze the formation of sports philosophy as a new scientific field in the socio-philosophical discourse context; 2) to analyze sports as one of the most important ethical means and aesthetic education, meeting the spiritual society needs; 3) identify the sport problems in context of socio-philosophical discourse; 4) to carry out socio-philosophical sports dimensions as a substantial basis for the personality development and its sports culture; 5) to reveal the main sports succeed factors as an expression of the substantial basis of personality development and its sports culture; 6) to find out the sports essence as an integral part of global culture and its influential force; 7) to demonstrate the development of sports culture as a reflection of the generic nature of competition; 8) to reveal the sports essence as a substantial matrix of personality development; 9) to analyze the directions of sports culture development as an generic essence expression of competition. Research methodology. System methodology that contributes to the analysis of personality, identification of sports problems and the achievement of system sports, sports culture, sports activities as a whole. Practical measurements of sports impact on people have been contributed to human evolution. The main goal is to show that the sports philosophy is young, innovative, promising direction of development, since the sports transition from individual to mass and Olympic is a condition for competitiveness of both the individual and the state