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A Functionalist Analysis of Game Acts: Revisiting Searle

R. Scott Kretchmar Department of Kinesiology, Pennsylvania Slate University, University Park, PA, 16801 E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 160-172 | Published online: 19 Jan 2012

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Manuel García-Carpintero. (2021) How to Understand Rule-Constituted Kinds. Review of Philosophy and Psychology 13:1, pages 7-27.
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