Wittgenstein's Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers PDF
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MARINCOUNTY,FREELIBRARY 3 111 02179 0207 1 PO ^ The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two GreatPhilosophers DAVID EDMONDS & JOHN EIDINOW USA $24.00 "If we wish our civilization to survive we must break with the habit of deference to greatmen." -KarlPopper "Bad philosophers are like slum landlords. It'smyjobtoputthemoutofbusiness." —LudwigWittgenstein On October 25, 1946. in a crowded room in Cambridge. England. Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper came face-to-face for the first and onlytime.Theencounterlastedjusttenminutes, anddidnotgowell. 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,armedwithred-hotpokers. Twenty years later, when Popper wrote an account ofthe incident, he portrayed himselfas the victor, provoking intense disagreement. Everyone present seems to have remembered eventsdifferently. What really happened in those ten minutes? And what does the violence of this brief exchange tell us about th* «». two men. modern philosophy, and the sigjiihcii.oce of language in solvingourphilosophic=i^nrr.h:;-r » (tUHIlllllJCUUH D- Civic Center New Books il/ol 193 Edmonds Edmonds^ David, 1964- Wittgenstein's poker th< : story of a ten-minute argument between two greai Dhilosoohers DATE DUE 7m DEC •? 1 JAN 2 200? JUI t 6 2003 JAN 2 8 20C2 MAr 2- 8 2004 (I 4 U'T ii ^-^S^f ^.^-/^ fjnv 1 '^ "ifini MAR k 7MI KUV c y iUUi APR 4 200Z MAY 3 2002 zm «'" >> y ^ "^m 1 9 JUL 2 3 2002 UtI 10 2002 6cr 3/ ZooZ^ DEC 2 3 2002 Frp n ? 9pp. MAY n 5 "(^0^ . D.EMCO,INC. 38-2931 WITTGENSTEIN'S POKER LudwigWittgenstein KarlPopper WITTGENSTEIN'S POKER The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers David Edmonds and John Eidinow An/mpr/nfofHarperCollinsPublishers Published in GreatBritain as WittgensteinsPoker: TheStoryof a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers by Faber and Faber. Wittgenstein's poker. Copyright © 2001 by David Ed- monds and John Eidinow. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States ofAmerica. No partofthis book maybe used or reproduced in anymannerwhatsoeverwithoutwritten permis- sion except in the case ofbriefquotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information address HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, NewYork, NY10022. HarperCollins books may be purchased for educational, busi- ness, or sales promotional use. For information please write: Special Markets Department, HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 10 East 53rd Street, NewYork, NY10022. Theletters intheAppendixare reproducedbykindpermission of the Times Literary Supplement and oftheir signatories ex- ceptinthecaseofthosewrittenbythelateJohnWatkinswhere permission is kindlygiven by his wife, Mrs. MickyWatkins. FIRST EDITION Designed by Cassandra Pappas . /. Librar}' ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data has been applied for. ISBN 0-06-621244-8 01 02 03 04 05 BVG/RRD 10 987654321 To Hannah andHerbertEdmonds andto Elisabeth Eidinow
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