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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.
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- Author
- David Edmonds, John Eidinow
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 335
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial, Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie, HarperCollins Publishers
- Editions
- 13
- Language
- heb, English, Polish
- ISBN
- 9780571320325
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“ON THE EVENING OF FRIDAY, 25 October 1946 the Cam Moral Science Club-a weekly discussion group for the university's philosophers and philosophy students-held one of its regular meetings.”
David J. Edmonds is a radio feature maker at the BBC World Service. He studied at Oxford University, has a PhD in Philosophy from the Open University and has held fellowships at the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan. Edmonds is the author of *Caste Wars: A Philosophy of Discrimination* and co-author with John Eidinow of *Wittgenstein's Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers* and *Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time*. With Nigel Warburton he produces the popular podcast series *Philosophy Bites*. - Wikipedia
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