The ancient Greeks used to call their Olympics, "The Games". I don't know why? Maybe it is bad translation.

What facts am I ignoring? Isn't it a fact that we don't say "I am playing sewing" or "playing eating" because sewing and eating are not games? That may be a fact that you are ignoring.

Competitions can be divided into two types: games and wars. (Are there other types?) The only difference between a game and a war is that in a game everyone agrees upon the rules of the game whereas in a war there is no such agreement. Do you agree with this? If not, how would you define the difference between a game and a war?

Sewing isn't an olympic diciplin, don't see how it can relate to boxing, nor any other olympic diciplin. You use a poor anolygo, useing unrelated things for comparison.

I think game is one of those things that are impossible to define. (It came up in a philosophy class I had last year. It's the same as "what is knowledge?")

I don't care if it's a game or a war though. I just want to win.

I can define "knowledge". It is justified true belief.

Think this line can translate, "naivity".

The ancient Greeks used to call their Olympics, "The Games". I don't know why? Maybe it is bad translation. .

What facts am I ignoring? Isn't it a fact that we don't say "I am playing sewing" or "playing eating" because sewing and eating are not games? That may be a fact that you are ignoring.

We do call the Olympics the games, but I've never heard of playing in the Olympics. We say that we compete in the Olympic games.



We don't call sewing and eating games, true. But there are competitive eating events, I would suppose there may be competitive sewing events too.

Competition does not necessarily define a game then?

No, it doesn't. It may be a necessary condition (although I don't even think it is that. Someone just shooting hoops is not competing). But it certainly is not a sufficient condition as you have just pointed out with your examples of sewing and eating.

By the same measure, games are not necessarily play, except in a broad sense of the term.

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Which games don't we play?

I'm saying "play" in the sense that children play. Some games go well beyond that definition of play, thus the broader sense. Some games are competitions while some are merely play.

I did not say that all play was playing games. I said that all games were play.

I understand that. I'm just saying that is a broad sense of the term "play", the super bowl is a pretty serious game. Not like children play.

Why can't people play a serious game? No it isn't child's play, but so what? That doesn't mean it is not adult play. Scrabble is not child's play either. But people play scrabble.

I can define "knowledge". It is justified true belief.

Sure we can play ,but adult competition seems to go far beyond play.

My dictionary shows a very broad spectrum of definition for play, so I must admit, you are correct. Even war could be said to be played at.