game of truth

is a set of rules by which truth is produced. This is not a game as in amusement, but in terms of the rules and procedures of truth within whose bounds we become subjects.

'when I say 'game,' I mean a set of rules by which truth is produced. It is not a game in the sense of an amusement... it is a set of procedures that lead to a certain result, which, on the basis of its principles and rules of procedure, may be considered valid or invalid' (Foucault, 1997, p. 297).

is that to which, only by 'subjecting' ourselves, can we become subjects. There is neither selfhood nor truth outside of these games.

He argues that these truth games comprise 'an ensemble of rules for the production of truth . .. which can be considered in function of its principles and its rules of procedureas valid or not' (cited in Gauthier, 1988, p. 15). Moreover, we can only becomesubjects by 'subjecting' ourselves to selected truth games because there is neitherselfhood nor truth outside of these games.

game of truth, n.All

game of truth