Wittgenstein's Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers

The story behind the legendary confrontation between Karl Popper and Ludwig Wittgenstein, “an enthralling reconstruction of the episode”—New York Times

On 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 i...