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Kant and the Platypus: Essays on Language and Cognition
de Eco, Umberto
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Bien
- ISBN 10
- 0151004471
- ISBN 13
- 9780151004478
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New Braunfels, Texas, United States
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Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1999. Hardcover. Good. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ D.J. not price clipped; slightly creased; moderate edge wear/ corners and spine bumped/ slight readres slant/ several pages and page tips creased
Sinopsis
How do we know that a cat is a cat? Why do we agree on calling the beast a cat? Interesting questions, but an even more intriguing question lies at the heart of all modern philosophy-how much of our perception of things depends on our cognitive ability and how much on linguistic resources? At this point semiotics becomes inextricably linked to epistemology, or cognition. In these essays, Umberto Eco explores in depth such subjects as perception, the relationship between language and experience, and iconism that he only touched on in A Theory of Semiotics. Forgoing a formal, systematic treatment, Eco engages in a series of explorations based on common sense, from which flow an abundance of illustrative fables, often with animals as protagonists. Among the characters, a position of prominence is reserved for the platypus, which appears to have been created specifically to "put the cat among the pigeons" as far as many theories of knowledge are concerned. In Kant and the Platypus, Eco shares with us a wealth of ideas at once philosophical and amusing.
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- Harvest Moon Farm Book Cellar
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 032555
- Título
- Kant and the Platypus: Essays on Language and Cognition
- Autor
- Eco, Umberto
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0151004471
- ISBN 13
- 9780151004478
- Editorial
- Harcourt, Brace & Company
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1999
- Product_type
- 2
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New Braunfels, Texas
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Harvest Moon Farm Book Cellar is a family owned and operated on-line bookstore. We are building a small non-conventional farm in the Texas Hill Country. We operate our bookstore out of a small outbuilding. Our books are located by searching every garage sale and thrift store, that we can, in over seven counties. We love the thrill of the hunt and the satisfaction of placing one person's unwanted book in the hands of someone who needs it (it also helps pay for the books we get to keep for ourselves).
