David Edmonds on Wittgenstein's Poker

For this second special lockdown episode of Philosophy Bites, Nigel Warburton interviewed David Edmonds about his bestseller Wittgenstein's Poker, which he wrote with John Eidinow. 

This brilliant book is an exploration of an event that occurred at the Moral Sciences Club in Cambridge when Karl Popper gave a talk and Wittgenstein allegedly seemed to threaten him with a poker. The weird thing is that different people who were present gave very different account of the event. For the full story, buy David's book. But for a taster, listen to this interview with him:

Listen to David Edmonds on Wittgenstein's Poker.