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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Bernard Suits , Thomas Hurka , Frank NewfeldPublisher: Broadview Press Ltd Imprint: Broadview Press Ltd Edition: 3rd edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9781554812158ISBN 10: 1554812151 Pages: 215 Publication Date: 03 April 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsIntroduction by Thomas Hurka Preface Acknowledgments The Players One: Death of the Grasshopper Two: Disciples Three: Construction of a Definition Four: Triflers, Cheats, and Spoilsports Five: Taking the Long Way Home Six: Ivan and Abdul Seven: Games and Paradox Eight: Mountain Climbing Nine: Reverse English Ten: The Remarkable Career of Porphyryo Sneak Eleven: The Case History of Bartholomew Drag Twelve: Open Games Thirteen: Amateurs, Professionals, and Games People Play Fourteen: Resurrection Fifteen: Resolution Appendix 1: The Fool on the Hill Appendix 2: Wittgenstein in the Meadow Appendix 3: Words on PlayReviewsLike Erasmus's <em>Praise of Folly</em> and Diderot's <em>Rameau's Nephew</em>, Suits's <em>The Grasshopper</em> sparkles with wit and fun; and outranks those wonderful works in clear, firm philosophical conclusions. Defying certain discouragements, Suits constructs an illuminating definition of games, which he defends in lively dialogues, amusing parables, and cascades of subtle analytical distinctions. That is achievement enough to make a new classic in the history of philosophy. Suits offers more: an application of his definition in a discussion of how much we may have to rely on games--deliberately using relatively inefficient means to reach freely stipulated goals--if life is to continue to have meaning. We may be able to regain thereby the meaning lost as advances in technology enable us to escape one by one the tasks that necessity used to impose on humankind. -- <strong>David Braybrooke, Dalhousie University / The University of Texas at Austin</strong> </p> <em>The Grasshopper</em> is an amazing book. Philosophically profound, yet genuinely funny. While primarily an articulation and defense of a highly plausible definition of games (and we all know what Wittgenstein said about <em>that</em>), it also manages to raise some of the deepest and most challenging questions about the meaning of life. All in the form of dialogues between an insect and his disciples! There is simply nothing else like it. -- <strong>Shelly Kagan, Yale University</strong> </p> Philosophers are not generally known for fine writing, but once in a generation or two a book appears out of nowhere, unclassifiable, inspired, amazing, mesmerizing, wonderful, classic ... -- <strong><em>Philosophy and Literature</em> </strong> </p> Like Erasmus's Praise of Folly and Diderot's Rameau's Nephew, Suits's The Grasshopper sparkles with wit and fun; and outranks those wonderful works in clear, firm philosophical conclusions. Defying certain discouragements, Suits constructs an illuminating definition of games, which he defends in lively dialogues, amusing parables, and cascades of subtle analytical distinctions. That is achievement enough to make a new classic in the history of philosophy. Suits offers more: an application of his definition in a discussion of how much we may have to rely on games--deliberately using relatively inefficient means to reach freely stipulated goals--if life is to continue to have meaning. We may be able to regain thereby the meaning lost as advances in technology enable us to escape one by one the tasks that necessity used to impose on humankind. -- David Braybrooke, Dalhousie University / The University of Texas at Austin The Grasshopper is an amazing book. Philosophically profound, yet genuinely funny. While primarily an articulation and defense of a highly plausible definition of games (and we all know what Wittgenstein said about that), it also manages to raise some of the deepest and most challenging questions about the meaning of life. All in the form of dialogues between an insect and his disciples! There is simply nothing else like it. -- Shelly Kagan, Yale University Philosophers are not generally known for fine writing, but once in a generation or two a book appears out of nowhere, unclassifiable, inspired, amazing, mesmerizing, wonderful, classic ... -- Philosophy and Literature Author InformationThe late Bernard Suits was Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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