{"product_id":"wittgensteins-poker-the-story-of-a-tenminute-argument-between-two-great-philosophers-isbn-9780066212449","title":"Wittgenstein's Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe story behind the legendary confrontation between Karl Popper and Ludwig Wittgenstein, “an enthralling reconstruction of the episode”—New York Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWittgenstein’s Poker\u003c\/em\u003e is an engaging mix of philosophy, history, biography, and literary detection.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eOn October 25,1946, in a crowded room 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eTheir 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eTwenty 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eWhat 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWittgenstein's Poker\u003c\/em\u003eis an engaging mix of philosophy, history, biography. and literary detection. David Edmonds and John Eidinow evoke with dazzling clarity the tumult of fin-de-siècle Vienna, Wittgenstein's and Popper's birthplace; the tragedy of the Nazi takeover of Austria; and Cambridge University, with its eccentric set of philosophy dons, including Bertrand Russell, who acted as umpire at the meeting. At the center of the story stand the two philosophers themselves -- proud, irascible, larger-than-life -- and spoiling for a fight.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A terrific book, a fuguelike account of everything we know and don’t know about a ten-minute squabble between two great philosophers.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngrossing....David Edmonds and John Eidinow succeed splendidly in convincing us that the nights events--remembered, misremembered and angrily debated by eyewitnesses and researchers since--were a kind of high-cultural watershed, and the clash between Wittgenstein and Popper has the glamour of a small epic. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A remarkably lucid overview of the 20th century philosophy.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Newsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An excellent piece of philosophical journalism....” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This face-off makes for a great anecdote. David Edmonds and John Eidinow were shrewd enough to spot three terrific angles...the biographical\/historical angle...the detective angle...the purely intellectual angle...An enthralling reconstruction of the episode.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A meaty, exceedingly well-researched and engaging book about 20th century philosophy...” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889379373285,"sku":"NP9780066212449","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780066212449.jpg?v=1730231116","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/wittgensteins-poker-the-story-of-a-tenminute-argument-between-two-great-philosophers-isbn-9780066212449","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}