Book #15684

Kant And The Platypus: Essays On Language And Cognition - 1st US Edition/1st Printing

Umberto Eco
Book #15684 Kant And The Platypus: Essays On Language And Cognition - 1st US Edition/1st Printing. Umberto Eco.

Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: 1st US Edition; First Printing
Publisher: New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 2000.
ISBN: 0151004471

An attractive first American edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in Near Fine, price clipped dustjacket. Contursi A042e.

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; [ii], viii, [2], 464, [4] pages.

Price: $60.00

Author Bio

Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco (born January 5, 1932) is an Italian medievalist, semiotician, philosopher, literary critic and novelist, best known for his novel The Name of the Rose (Il nome della rosa, 1980), an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory.