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The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers
By John Eidinow, David Edmonds



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On 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.
Their loud and aggressive confrontation became the stuff of instant legend. Almost immediatelContinue7 Reviews
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戰後,1946年的十月二十五日的傍晚,劍橋道德科學學會(Cambridge Moral Science Club),像往常一樣,聚在劍橋國王學院的H3號房。
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校園裡的哲學家與哲學系學生齊聚一堂,通常藉此機會討論各種哲學議題。這個時刻之所以令人矚目,因 為當天晚上的客座演說是由卡爾巴伯(Karl Popper)當綱,而聽眾當中除了擔任主席的維根斯坦(Ludwig Wittgenstein)之外,還有資深的哲學家羅素(Bertrand Russel)。雖然他發表演說的主題聽起來並不算尖銳:「Are There Philosophical Problems?」但是當晚 ... (continue)
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Arguta ricostruzione di un periodo di conflitti filosofici culminati con un incontro ravvicinato ad alta tensione tra due pesi massimi quali Karl Popper e Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Lettura molto piacevole intorno a tempi e idee di cui i due autori sembrano molto ben informati.
Per chi si inte ... (continue)
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A novel about Wittgenstein and Popper
First and foremost, this is not a philosophy book, and if it is, not a good one (If it is, what's the main philosophical theme?)
It takes too much to go into Wittgenstein's philosophy in depth, for it's obscure and maybe fragmented at times. He mentions something really interesting in a para ... (continue)
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JihadeR said on Oct 29, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback
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- English Books
- Hardcover 352 Pages
- Edition: 1st ed
- ISBN-10: 0066212448
- ISBN-13: 9780066212449
- Publisher: Ecco
- Pub date: Nov 01, 2001
- Dimensions: 19 cm x 14 cm x 3 cm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Paperback
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An earthly view of two philosophy icons
I picked up this book for two reasons: first, I enjoyed "Bobby Fisher Goes to War", a later work by the same authors, and second, I wanted to read Popper's works and would like to get some background materials first.
The story itself may not be as dramatic as "Bobby" but the characters are as ... (continue)
I picked up this book for two reasons: first, I enjoyed "Bobby Fisher Goes to War", a later work by the same authors, and second, I wanted to read Popper's works and would like to get some background materials first.
The story itself may not be as dramatic as "Bobby" but the characters are as eccentric, if not more. Wittgenstein and Popper came from the same city around the same period, and have in fact lived quite close to each other. Yet for everything else, especially their philosophies, they were vastly different. The climax came when they finally met each other in a philosophy club meeting in which Wittgenstein allegedly threatened Popper with a poker (hence the title of the book) and stormed out of the room shortly after.
This is NOT a book about their philosophies. You wouldn't learn much about them except for the very basics. But if you'd like to take a peek of the persons behind the philosophies, this has to one of the best around.
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