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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 — 3,183 ratings — published 2001 — 42 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) 3.89 avg rating — 2,414 ratings — published 2003 — 28 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 3.85 avg rating — 1,604 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality 4.23 avg rating — 447 ratings — published 2024 — 4 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 4.07 avg rating — 432 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Philosophy Bites by David Edmonds (Goodreads Author), Nigel Warburton 3.70 avg rating — 362 ratings — 24 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 by David Edmonds (Goodreads Author), John Eidinow (Goodreads Author) 3.37 avg rating — 383 ratings — published 2006 — 28 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) 4.23 avg rating — 141 ratings — published 2020 — 13 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 3.85 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 2014 — 14 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 Again by David Edmonds (Goodreads Author), Nigel Warburton 3.86 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2014 — 7 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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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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“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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“Would you rather have people be helpful or not? It turns out that having little nice things happen to them is a much better way of making them helpful than spending a huge amount of energy on improving their characters.”5”
― 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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Il cucchiaino scomparso di Sam Kean

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La sesta estinzione. Una storia innaturale di Elizabeth Kolbert

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

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Contro la bellezza di Viviano Domenici

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