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	Wittgenstein's Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers by David Edmonds (Goodreads Author), John Eidinow (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 3,295 ratings — published 2001 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time by David Edmonds (Goodreads Author), John Eidinow (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 2,536 ratings — published 2003 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Would You Kill the Fat Man?: The Trolley Problem and What Your Answer Tells Us about Right and Wrong 3.86 avg rating — 1,783 ratings — published 2013 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality 4.24 avg rating — 581 ratings — published 2023 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Murder of Professor Schlick: The Rise and Fall of the Vienna Circle 4.05 avg rating — 529 ratings — published 2020 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Philosophy Bites by David Edmonds (Goodreads Author), Nigel Warburton 3.69 avg rating — 371 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rousseau's Dog: Two Great Thinkers at War in the Age of Enlightenment – An Intellectual History of Treachery and Shattered Friendship by David Edmonds (Goodreads Author), John Eidinow (Goodreads Author) 3.37 avg rating — 392 ratings — published 2006 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Undercover Robot: My First Year as a Human by David Edmonds (Goodreads Author), Bertie Fraser (Illustrator) 4.11 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 2020 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Philosophy Bites Back by David Edmonds (Goodreads Author), Nigel Warburton 3.80 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 2014 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death in a Shallow Pond: A Philosopher, a Drowning Child, and Strangers in Need 4.05 avg rating — 99 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Philosophy Bites (3 books)
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David Edmonds (Goodreads Author),

Nigel Warburton

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“When you play Bobby, it is not a question of whether you win or lose. It is a question of whether you survive. —BORIS SPASSKY”
― David Edmonds, Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How a Lone American Star Defeated the Soviet Chess Machine

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“Subjectivism maintains that there are no objective moral truths.”
― David Edmonds, Would You Kill the Fat Man?: The Trolley Problem and What Your Answer Tells Us about Right and Wrong

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“I think that success in life is largely a matter of luck. It has little correlation with merit, and in all fields of life there have been many people of great merit who did not succeed – Popper”
― David Edmonds, Wittgenstein's Poker: The Story of a Ten Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers

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111 errori di traduzione che hanno cambiato il mondo di Romolo Giovanni Capuano

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Il secondo sesso di Simone de Beauvoir

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Uccideresti l'uomo grasso?: Il dilemma etico del male minore di David Edmonds

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Aria sottile di Jon Krakauer

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Il cucchiaino scomparso di Sam Kean

10 votes, 8.3%

La sesta estinzione. Una storia innaturale di Elizabeth Kolbert

6 votes, 5.0%

Maledetti fumetti! Come la grande paura per i «giornaletti» cambiò la società statunitense di David Hajdu

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L'enigma del lago rosso di Frank Westerman

5 votes, 4.1%

Contro la bellezza di Viviano Domenici

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Tra gli sceicchi in batmobile. Un viaggio pop nel Medio Oriente sconosciuto di Richard Poplak

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