The Philosophy of Games with C. Thi Nguyen

Published: Jan. 26, 2022, 5 a.m.

Playing games is a fundamental human activity. But despite their ubiquity, they\u2019ve never gotten the serious study from scholars they deserve. Why do we play them? And what, exactly, ARE games? On the show this week is C. Thi Nguyen, philosophy professor at University of Utah, and author of the book,\xa0Games: Agency as Art.\xa0Check it out at\xa0 factuallypod.com/books. You can also find the first chapter free online here:\xa0https://philpapers.org/go.pl?id=NGUTAO-8&aid=NGUTAO-8v1.\xa0\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\n\nSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.