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Kant and the Platypus: Essays on Language and Cognition
Kant and the Platypus Essays on Language and Cognition
Author: Umberto Eco, Alastair McEwen
How do we know a cat is a cat? And why do we call it a cat? How much of our perception of things is based on cognitive ability, and how much on linguistic resources? Here, in six remarkable essays, Umberto Eco explores in depth questions of reality, perception, and experience. Basing his ideas on common sense, Eco shares a vast wealth of literar...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780156011594
ISBN-10: 015601159X
Publication Date: 11/9/2000
Pages: 480
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Publisher: Harvest Books
Book Type: Paperback
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