Wittgenstein's poker
the story of a ten-minute argument between two great philosophers
1st Ecco pbk. ed
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Contributions
- Eidinow, John - Contributor
Publication
2002 - Ecco, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
85,000 words, Guess
Page Count
340 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139780060936648
- ISBN-100060936649
- LibraryThing9945
- Goodreads12074
- Library of Congress Control Number2002276301
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number50852614
- Better World Books9780060936648
- Open LibraryOL17087490M
Classifications
- LCCB3376.W564 E37 2002
- LCCB3376.W564 E37 2001b
- LCCB3376.W564
and 1 more
- LCCB3376.W564 E37 2002b
Description
On October 25, 1946, in Cambridge, England, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper came face-to-face for the first and only time. The encounter lasted just ten minutes, and did not go well. Their loud and aggressive confrontation became the stuff of instant legend. Almost immediately, rumors spread around the world that the two great philosophers had come to blows, armed with red-hot pokers. Twenty years later, when Popper wrote an account of the incident, he portrayed himself as the victor, provoking intense disagreement. Everyone present seems to have remembered events differently. What really happened in those ten minutes? 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 philosophical problems? Wittgenstein's poker is an engaging mix of philosophy, history, biography, and literary detection.
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