Kant and the platypus : essays on language and cognition / Umberto Eco ; translated from the Italian by Alastair McEwen
1999, First Edition. London : Secker & Warburg. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Review copy. Item #435397
ISBN: 0436410575
Physical description; viii, 464 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-452) and index. Translation of: Kant e l'ornitorinco. Contents; Introduction. p. 1 - Ch. 1. On Being - Ch. 2. Kant, Peirce, and the Platypus. p. 57 - Ch. 3. Cognitive Types and Nuclear Content. p. 123 - Ch. 4. Platypus between Dictionary and Encyclopedia. p. 224 - Ch. 5. Notes on Referring as Contract. p. 280 - Ch. 6. Iconism and Hypoicon. p. 337 - Endnotes. p. 393 - Works Cited. p. 433 - Index. p. 453. Subjects; Kant, Immanuel 1724-1804 Contributions in semantics. Semiotics. Perception (Philosophy). Cognition. Linguistics Philosophy. Categorization (Linguistics). Semantics.
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