Kant and the Platypus: Essays on Language and Cognition - Softcover

Eco, Professor Of Semiotics Umberto

Softcover

ISBN 10: 015601159X ISBN 13: 9780156011594

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc, 2000

Synopsis

How do we know a cat is a cat? And why do we call it a cat? How much of our perception of things is based on cognitive ability, and how much on linguistic resources? Here, in six remarkable essays, Umberto Eco explores in depth questions of reality, perception, and experience. Basing his ideas on common sense, Eco shares a vast wealth of literary and historical knowledge, touching on issues that affect us every day. At once philosophical and amusing, Kant and the Platypus is a tour of the world of our senses, told by a master of knowing what is real and what is not.

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Review:

"Presented with mock solemnity and written with grace and wit, the book is a genuine work of scholarship that is also a pleasure to read.-Newsweek
"Witty and stylish."-The New York Times
"A book no self-respecting dreamer should be without."-The Economist

About the Author:

UMBERTO ECO (1932-2016) was the author of numerous essay collections and seven novels, including The Name of the Rose, The Prague Cemetery, and Inventing the Enemy. He received Italy's highest literary award, the Premio Strega, was named a Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur by the French government, and was an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 015601159X
• ISBN 13: 9780156011594
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 480