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Finite and Infinite Games

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Random House Publishing Group, Jul 1, 1997 - Philosophy - 180 pages
A fascinating meditation on life as a contest of games to be completed and games to be continued--and on what lies beyond winning and losing.

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User Review  - Udit Agarwal - Goodreads

This book has changed pretty much everything about the world around me. Read full review

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User Review  - James Spencer - Goodreads

I think this is one of those books that I will read with profit every couple of years. This book, along with James Carse's, The Religious Case Against Belief, The Inner Game of Tennis (W. Timothy ... Read full review

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Eric Nehrlich, Unrepentant Generalist || Finite and Infinite Games ...
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grumbooks: Finite And Infinite Games - James P Carse
Finite And Infinite Games - James P Carse. This is an intriguing philosophical treatise that explores the differences between finite and infinite play. ...
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Independent, The (London): BOOK OF A LIFETIME: FINITE AND INFINITE ...
James Carse's Finite and Infinite Games (1976) reads like Socrates holding forth in Central Park, and proceeds from a startlingly fertile premise. ...
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Finite and Infinite Games by James P. Carse Notes by Generative ...
What follows are notes on Finite and Infinite Games. At first blush, this small book, with its. philosophical bent and poetic language, would seem to have ...
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James Carse, in his wonderful book, Finite and Infinite Games, suggests:. There are at least two kinds of games. One could be called finite, ...
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FINITE AND INFINITE GAMES. Notes from James Carse's book 'Finite and Infinite ... "Finite and Infinite Games - A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility" by ...
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MACHINES ARE OUT, GARDENS ARE IN - New York Times
In ''Finite and Infinite Games,'' titles, roles and reason are out; names, genius and vision are in. Explanation and analysis are definitely out, ...
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About the author (1997)

James P. Carse is Professor of Religion at New York University. A winner of the University's Great Teacher Award, he is author of "Death and Existence: A Conceptual History of Human Mortality" and "The Silence of God: Meditations on Prayer" (published by Macmillan). Carse lives in New York City.

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TitleFinite and Infinite Games
AuthorJames P. Carse
Editionreprint
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group, 1997
ISBN0345419022, 9780345419026
Length180 pages
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