Examined Sport: Bernard Suits, “What is a Game?”

In this episode of Examined Sport, I examine Bernard Suits’ “What is a Game?” Suits presents his influential definition of game-playing in this discipline-defining article first published in 1967.

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Related Links and Information:

• Suits, Bernard. “What is a Game?” Philosophy of Science, Vol 34, No. 2 (June 1967), pp 148-56.
• University of Waterloo announcement of Suits’ death in March 2007.
• The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia.

Opening and Closing Musical Credits:

• “Slow Ska Game Loop” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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