Wittgenstein's poker the story of a ten-minute argument between two great philosophers

By:

Edmonds, David

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London Faber and Faber 2001Description: x, 340 p. : ill. ; 19 cmISBN:

9780571227358

Subject(s):

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951

DDC classification:

192EDM

Summary: 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 happened during that brief confrontation remained for decades the subject of intense disagreement.

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Book	UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dodoma Philosophy	192EDM (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	UR005109

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-327) and index.

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 happened during that brief confrontation remained for decades the subject of intense disagreement.

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