No. 59 (2020): Julio-diciembre
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Philosophy, Analysis, and Games: The Futile Attempt of Defining Things

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  • Sebastián Briceño Domínguez
Sebastián Briceño Domínguez
Departamento de Filosofía, Universidad de Concepción (Chile)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21555/top.v0i59.1074

Published 2020-06-27

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Briceño Domínguez, S. (2020). Philosophy, Analysis, and Games: The Futile Attempt of Defining Things. Tópicos, Revista De Filosofía, (59), 121–151. https://doi.org/10.21555/top.v0i59.1074
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Abstract

According to McGinn (2012), the aim of philosophy is to discover essences through conceptual analysis, and it qualifies as a game in Suits’ sense (1978; 2014). However, everything in Suits’ definition of game seems to exclude from its scope McGinn’s definition of philosophy. Here I criticise McGinn’s definition and offer a more comprehensive one. Incidentally, this definition will allow us to include philosophy within the class of activities that do satisfy Suits’ definition of game.

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