Kant and the Platypus: Essays on Language and Cognition - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
first edition Hardcover
2000 · New York
by Eco, Umberto; Tr. Alastair McEwan
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2000. 1st US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0151004471 . A bright first edition/first printing in Very Good+ condition with lightly bumped corners in alike edgeworn dust-jacket; 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 Italian by Alastair McEwen; 8vo; [ii], viii, [2], 464, [4] pages . (Inventory #: 46198)