Games

People play games for many reasons, but the essence of a game is that it presents novel situations within a defined context and is entertaining.

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In Philosophical Investigations, philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein argued that the concept 'game' could not be defined, due to the many different kinds of games. In order

to come up with a proper genus/species definition, we need to find a property common to all games, to differentiate them from everything else.

Philosopher David Kelley, in his popular introductory reasoning text The Art of Reasoning, defines the concept

'game' as "a form of recreation constituted by a set of rules that specify an object to be attained and the permissible means of attaining it."

Game theory is a branch of mathematics that deals specifically with games, for example computing the average win on games such as the roulette. These computations make heavy use of Probability and Statistics. However, game theory is not limited to games of chance.