Kant And The Platypus: Essays On Language And Cognition - Uncorrected Proof
Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Edition: Advance Review Copy; First Printing
Publisher: New York: Harcourt Brace, 2000.
ISBN: 0151004471
Kant And The Platypus: Essays On Language And Cognition - Uncorrected Proof
Uncorrected Proof Of the first American edition, Contursi A042d. Fine In Gray Matte Wraps. From the personal library of Eco bibliographer James Contursi.
This collection of essays is an erudite, detailed inquiry into the philosophy of mind and language. Professor Eco tackles Kant's question: How does the mind transform the manifold of sense perceptions into knowledge? As Eco puts it: What would Kant have done had he come upon a platypus? Translated from the original Italian languange by Alastair McEwen; 8vo; viii, 464 pages.
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