Kant and the platypus

Description

"The history of research into the philosophy of language is full of men (who are rational and mortal animals), bachelors (who are unmarried adult males), and tigers (though it is not clear whether we should define them as feline mammals or big cats with a yellow coat and black stripes)."

First Sentence

The history of research into the philosophy of language is full of men (who are rational and mortal animals), bachelors (who are unmarried adult males), and tigers (though it is not clear whether we should define them as feline mammals or big cats with a yellow coat and black stripes).

Description

"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."--BOOK JACKET.

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Other Editions

• Kant and the platypus: essays on language and cognitionHarcourt Brace2000-01-01
• Kant e l'ornitorincoBompiani1997-01-01
• Kant and the platypusSecker & Warburg1999-01-01
• KANT I L'ORNITORINCPaperbackDestino CAT1999-02-01
• Kant and the PlatypusHarcourt1999-11-01
• Kant and the PlatypusHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers2000-01-01