Wittgenstein's Poker by David Edmonds
The story behind the legendary confrontation between Karl Popper and Ludwig Wittgenstein, "an enthralling reconstruction of the episode"--New York Times
On October 25, 1946, in a crowded room in Cambridge, England, the greatest 20th centrury philosophers Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper came face to face for the first and only time. The meeting--which lasted ten minutes--did not go well. Their loud and aggressive confrontation became the stuff of instant legend. But precisely what happened in those ten minutes remains the subject of intense disagreement. Almost immediately, rumors spread around the world that the two great philosophers had come to blows, armed with red-hot pokers.
What really went on in that room? And what does the violence of this brief exchange tell us about these two men, modern philosophy, and the significance of language in solving our philisophical problems?
Wittgenstein's Poker is an engaging mix of philosophy, history, biography, and literary detection.
John Eidinow is an award-winning journalist with the BBC. He's the bestselling authors of Bobby Fischer Goes to War and Wittgenstein's Poker.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780060936648 |
| ISBN 10 | 0060936649 |
| Title | Wittgenstein's Poker |
| Author | David Edmonds |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Year published | 2002-09-17 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
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