ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on concepts discussed in this book. Play is not a one-way activity which can neatly be delimited in little boxes. However, the studies in this book have shown that play cannot be defined. The studies in this book shows that the empirical basis of philosophy beyond its bodily character also is linguistic. The book contrasts, the study of play has a phenomenological agenda: What does the phenomenon of play tell about the human being for better and for worse. The philosophy of play and the philosophy of the question enter into mutual connection and so do the playing philosophy and the questioning philosophy. The play of elderly people questions the widespread understanding of play as learning, as forward-directed development and progress. And the situational and repetitive patterns of play contrast the hegemonic principle of acceleration. Both imply a critique of a certain taken-for-grantedness in modern thinking about social time.
