Philosophy Bites

David Edmonds on Wittgenstein's Poker

Jul 7, 2020

17:56

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Vickenstein's Instinct Always to Philosophize Was to Get Away From People

01:31

Did Papa's Quip Really Matter?

02:56

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02:17

Introduction

3min

Are There Philosophical Problems?

2min

What Is Wrong With Witzenstein?

2min

The Class Gap Between a Jew and a German Jew

2min

Did Papa's Quip Really Matter?

3min

Vickenstein's Instinct Always to Philosophize Was to Get Away From People

2min

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3min

The History of Philosophy

2min

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31sec

For this special episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast (produced under lockdown) Nigel Warburton interviews David Edmonds about his bestselling book, written with David Edinow, Wittgenstein's Poker. It focuses on a heated argument between the two great Viennese philosophers Karl Popper and Ludwig Wittgenstein, and the differing accounts that were give of it by those who were there.