Definition of Game
Famous example by Wittgenstein
- Classic categories assume clear boundaries defined by common properties (necessary and sufficient conditions)
Counterexample: “Game”
- No common properties shared by all games
- card games, ball games, Olympic games, children’s games
- competition: ring-around-the-rosie
- skill: dice games
- luck: chess
- No fixed boundary; can be extended to new games
Alternative: Concepts related by Family Resemblances