Kant and the Platypus: Essays on Language and Cognition by Umberto Eco, Alastair McEwen

Kant and the Platypus: Essays on Language and Cognition

Umberto Eco, Alastair McEwen

480 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction essays philosophy challenging informative reflective fast-paced
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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 realit...

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