Universität Wien

180096 VO Games, Sports, and the Good Life (2021W)

Lecture with reading

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 18 - Philosophie
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Details

Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Update 10.01.2022: Due to the current COVID-19 regulations all January classes will be held digitally.

  • Tuesday 12.10. 13:15 - 14:45 BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Tuesday 19.10. 13:15 - 14:45 BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Tuesday 09.11. 13:15 - 14:45 BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Tuesday 16.11. 13:15 - 14:45 BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Tuesday 23.11. 13:15 - 14:45 BIG-Hörsaal Hauptgebäude, Tiefparterre Stiege 1 Hof 1
  • Tuesday 30.11. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Tuesday 07.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Tuesday 14.12. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Tuesday 11.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital
  • Tuesday 18.01. 13:15 - 14:45 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Games and sports are very important to many of us. They cultivate character and seem to have a distinctive value in education and in our lives in general. But what is a game or a sport and what is it to play one? And what makes playing games and participating in sports valuable and important? In this course we’ll try to answer these questions by working through Bernard Suits’s classic and delightful philosophical dialogue The Grasshopper: Games, Life, and Utopia and a range of other philosophical texts. We will discuss the nature of play and games, the role of rules in relation to intentional fouls and cheating, the nature of sport, the value of playing games and its relation to difficulty and achievement, games as a form of art and its relation to agency, and the dangers of gamification.

Assessment and permitted materials

Final exam consisting of short questions + an essay question, deadline: 25.01, 100%

The exam will be written. Use of study materials (notes, slides, primary texts) will be permitted.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria:
Minimum requirements: passing the final exam
Assessment criteria: the overall grade will be determined by the final exam (100%)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

There will be questions from each part of the course. For more, see the reading list.

Grading Scale

Sehr Gut

85 - 100 Prozent

Gut

77 - 84,99 Prozent

Befriedigend

69 - 76,99 Prozent

Genügend

60 - 68,99 Prozent

Nicht Genügend

0 - 59,99 Prozent

Examination topics

Reading list

• The central text for the course will be Bernard Suits’ Grasshopper: Games, Life, and Utopia which I recommend you get in hard copy.

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:18