Super Bowl 50: Justifying Partiality (Video)

Ahead of the big game, we spoke with Errol Lord, assistant professor of philosophy, about the rationale behind fandom.

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Video by Alex Schein
Interview by Blake Cole

How do we decide on our allegiances to sports teams? Is it our personal history with the team? Are we influenced by our peers? Or are we simply in awe of a star player? We sat down with Errol Lord, assistant professor of philosophy, to investigate our partiality towards certain teams, as well as other fandom phenomena like the bandwagon effect.

View the conversation below: