File 62 - Publishing : papers.

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Publishing : papers.

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(1925-2007)

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Bernard Herbert Suits, philosopher and professor, was born November 25, 1925 in Detroit, Michigan. Suits attended Denby High School in Detroit and went on to receive his BA at the University of Chicago, his MA in Philosophy also at the University of Chicago, and his Ph.D. in Philosophy at the University of Illinois. Suits' area of philosophic inquiry was games and gaming and he would go on to become an authority in the field. In 1957, Suits began teaching at the University of Illinois and moved on to Purdue in 1959. In 1966, Suits became an associate professor at the University of Waterloo where he would remain until his retirement in 1994.

While teaching at the University of Waterloo, Suits would hold such positions as Chair of the Waterloo Philosophy Department, Associate Dean for Graduate Affairs in the Faculty of Arts and President of the International Association for the Philosophy of Sport. Suits was awarded a Distinguished Teaching Award in 1982 and was appointed Distinguished Professor Emeritus in 1995.

Outside of teaching Suits published essays in a number of journals and is best known for his book "The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia." Suits was also a visiting professor at the University of Lethbridge and the University of Bristol. In 1982, Suits was a special guest star on the TVO special "The Academy on Moral Philosophy."
Bernard Suits died in 2007.

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File consists of typescript. manuscript, offprints and photocopies of papers and essays published by Bernard Suits. Includes:

  • Metaphysics and urbanism typescript (original, 23 leaves)
  • Philagones typescript (original, 8 leaves)
  • Aristotle on the function of man typescript (original, 27 leaves)
  • What is a game typescript (original, offprint, 10 leaves)
  • The elements of sport typescript (original, 21 leaves)
  • McBride and Paddick on The Grasshopper typescript (original, 21 leaves and offprint)
  • Games and utopia: Posthumous reflections typescript (original, offprint, 10 leaves)
  • Aristotle on the function of man: fallacies, heresies and other entertainments typescript (photocopy of original printed article, 9 leaves)
  • Can you play a game without knowing it? typescript (photocopy of original article, 4 leaves)
  • DCSC Civie Circuit Vol. XIII No. 1 (includes article by Bernard Suits on smoking)
  • Discussion: games and paradox typescript (original, offprint, 4 leaves)
  • University of Waterloo Gazette Oct. 9, 1991 Vol. 32, No.6 (article by Bernard Suits titled "Taking Deconstructionism Seriously?")
  • Is life a game we are playing typescript (original, offprint, 1 leaf - leaves have been excised). Also includes a transcript of the speech given upon the conferment of Suits' Distinguished Professor Emeritus title, photocopy of the table of contents from "Utopias", and a portion of an offprint titled "Games and Morality" by an unknown author.

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