Vl: so there is rule which forbids you to make a move in game before a certain time lusory attitude 2 - why accept this fundamental rule? c: games do not always have rules to prohibit more efficient in favour of less efficient means voice of logic vl: why not destroy opponent in sleep? only goal must be complete, lasting mastery over other, requires disarming opponent forever counter example to theory - p1: fight to finish is a game complete mastery in terms of rules of game requires acknowledging rules rules can be broken at will fight to the finish - chess is impossible, as are other sports ~ if you do, then long way home is a game ivan abdul - russian and turkish ambassadors retired generals miss fighting time is not resource unless you need it for a goal resources can only be limited if they set limits to goals if you choose long way home, are you engaged in game? efficiency and resources - efficiency: least expenditure of limited resource necessary to achieve given goal kant on liar depending on truth of telling long way home 'to play a game is to attempt to achieve a specific state of affairs, using only means permitted by rules, where rules prohibit use of more efficient in favour of less efficient means, and where rules are accepted just because they make possible such activity' but are completely dependent on descriptive application of rules since they wanna win are they playing a different game? cheats - cheats violate rules of game to get to the prelsory goal more efficiently

but still possible to think of this goal descriptively, as state of affairs aimed at in chess but possible to achieve without playing triflers - triflers operate within chess but don't actually play eg 'to place your pieces so that the kind is immobilized according to rules of chess' response - prelusory goal needs an institutional bg to be intelligible

prelusory goals cannot be stated independently of rules of game connected to our life goals definition of playing a game 'to play a game is to attempt to achieve a specific state of affairs, using only means permitted by rules, where rules of less efficient means, and where the rules are accepted just because they make possible such activity' objection - 'to play a game is to attempt to achieve a specific state of affairs' playing the game (life goal) lusory attitude - acceptance of constitutive rules just so that the activity they make possible can occur bringing about a certain state of affairs (prelusory goal)ģ.

The Grasshopper by Bernard Suits