first edition Hardcover
2000 · New York
by Eco, Umberto
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 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 . (Inventory #: 15684)