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    Bernard Suits' analysis of the 'lusory attitude' suggests... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The constitutive rule/regulative rule distinction allows formalism to overcome the objection that any rule-breaking ends a game

    Bernard Suits' analysis of the 'lusory attitude' suggests rule violations that invoke penalties are still governed by constitutive rules, making the regulative category redundant rather than explanatory.

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    Bernard Suits(The philosopher being referenced in this statement)
    A 20th-century philosopher who studied games and wrote influential work analyzing what makes something a game and how people approach games mentally.
    Penalties(What happens when rules are violated)
    Punishments or consequences imposed when someone breaks the rules.
    Rule violations(Actions that go against established guidelines)
    Breaking the stated rules of a game or system.
    constitutive rules(Contrasted with regulative rules; central to Suits's analysis of games)
    The rules that define and constitute a game, such that violating them ends or negates the game rather than merely breaking a norm within it.
    lusory attitude(Suits's philosophy of games; the attitudinal element required for genuine game-playing)

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    The disposition of a player to accept and respect the constitutive rules of a game specifically because they wish to play, endorsing the view that breaking the rules necessarily ends the game.
    redundant(contrasting with what the formula should actually be)
    Unnecessary or repetitive—extra without serving a purpose, like having two copies of the same tool.
    regulative rules(Formalist distinction; examples include restarting a race, awarding a free kick, or granting a second serve)
    Rules that govern conduct within a game and specify how the game is to be restarted and how rule-breakers are to be penalized following a transgression, allowing the game to continue

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