Separating lusory attitude from game-playing conflates the reasons for which one plays with the activity itself, a distinction Bratman's framework shows undermines Suits's internalist criterion.
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Bernard Suits, a philosopher who created an influential definition of what makes something a game (focusing on rules and lusory attitude).
lusory attitude(Suits's philosophy of games; the attitudinal element required for genuine game-playing)
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.