by Umberto Eco (Author), Alastair McEwen (Author)
How much do our perceptions of things depend on our cognitive ability, and how much on our linguistic resources? Where, and how, do these two questions meet? Umberto Eco undertakes a series of idiosyncratic and typically brilliant explorations, starting from the perceived data of common sense, from which flow an abundance of 'stories' or fables, often with animals as protagonists, to expound a clear critique of Kant, Heidegger and Peirce. And as a beast designed specifically to throw spanners in the works of cognitive theory, the duckbilled platypus naturally takes centre stage.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 480
Edition: New e.
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 07 Sep 2000
ISBN 10: 009927695X
ISBN 13: 9780099276951
Book Overview: A playful collection of philosophical critiques from the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery