ABSTRACT
One of these encounters occurs in the early 1930s between Carnap, Wittgenstein, and Heidegger. Articulating the relations that form this triangle reveal much more than relations of agreement or disagreement. It reveals a logic or a field of force that underlies and determines each of the positions. Bringing this out requires placing Wittgenstein in such a constellation that naturally presents itself as the confrontation of analytic and continental philosophy, i.e. of Carnap and Heidegger. The possibility of the third man, who is not necessarily a double agent, is what makes this exchange complex and philosophically fruitful.
