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Wittgenstein's Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers
Wittgenstein's Poker The Story of a TenMinute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers
Author: David Edmonds, John Eidinow
On October 25, 1946, in a crowded room in Cambridge, England, the great twentieth-century 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 happen...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060936648
ISBN-10: 0060936649
Publication Date: 9/1/2002
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Ecco
Book Type: Paperback
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Entertaining and illuminating perspective on the philosophical trends of the 20th century, academia, and the fate of assimilated Jewish high Kultur in 20th century Vienna, as viewed through the lenses of two strong, but disparate personalities.
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entertaining and thought-provoking at the same time.


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