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Article 5286 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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>From: markrose@spss.com (Mark Rosenfelder)
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Subject: Re: Categories: bounded or graded?
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Date: 27 Apr 92 17:35:13 GMT
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In article <1992Apr24.132722.20648@cs.ucf.edu> clarke@acme.ucf.edu 
(Thomas Clarke) writes:
>Paraphrasing from memory, a game requires three things:  an objective goal  
>(crossing the finish line first), rules (can't shoot your opponent,  shortcut  
>across the infield etc), and the ludic attitude (game playing frame of mind,  
>free desire to play the game).  Therefore an acting performance is not a game.   
A recursive definition is not improved by hiding the recursion with Latin.


