Kant and the Platypus

Posted on 04 February 2018 by Umberto Eco

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 literary and historical knowledge, touching on issues that affect us every day At once philosophical and amusing, Kant and the Platypus is a tour of the world of our senses, told by a master of knowing what is real and what is not. Free Read Kant and the Platypus author Umberto Eco For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Description How we know that a cat is a cat is a nice philosophical poser, and has been since the time of Plato Why we should all agree on calling the animal a cat is equally interesting, yet it throws up the problem that lies at the heart of all modern philosophy how much do our perceptions of things depend on our cognitive ability, and how much on our linguistic resources Where, and how, do these two questions meet Having decided against a systematic treatment of his subject, Umberto Eco u Description How we know that a cat is a cat is a nice philosophical poser, and has been since the time of Plato Why we should all agree on callin...This book is hard to read Eco uses many languages, long complex sentences, and a peculiar strain of humor which combine to make a complex topic extremely hard to understand But it also makes it highly readable Which is fortunate, because I think this is a really important topic and this is the only book I ve read that addresses it directly If you make it all the way through, you ll come away with a deeper understanding of how people come to understand things and how they communicate those th This book is hard to read Eco uses many languages, long complex sentences, and a peculiar strain of humor which combine to make a complex topic extremely hard to understand But it also makes it highly readable Which is fortunate, because I think this is a really important topic and this is the only book I ve read that addresses it directly If you make it all the way through, you ll come away with a deeper understanding of how people come to understand things and how they communicate those things to other humans That might seem like common sense, but this book is a great example of how taking a philosophical approach to something that seems obvious can lead you to a deeper understanding I use what I learned ever day It s changed the way I approach people That s about all you can ask from a book.If you read this, and don t have a background in semiotics like myself , my advice is to just run through it without stopping to look up ever word you don t un...Tu kn ku jsem etl skoro rok Na p esk ku A m l jsem z n radost Zdr ovala m jen m nevzd lanost Tolik ciz ch slov a t p n Ale kdy jsem etl, m l jsem pocit, e rozum m, e jsem Kant, kdy jsem knihu zav el, stal se ze m zase jen ptakopysk P t hv zdi ek si ale kniha zaslou.I am biased I love Umberto Eco This review is therefore useless.Eco is brilliant And funny And a million times smarter than all of us I admit to having to slog through some parts, due to my own ignorance of what he was discussing This is the kind of book that exemplifies why I commit the sin of writing in the margins in this case, mainly question marks beside the passages with seemingly matter of fact points that I felt oblivious about and needed to google It was worth it though because I am biased I love Umberto Eco This review is therefore useless.Eco is brilliant And funny And a million time...Je ne sais pas pourquoi je n ai pens ni m me un moment la s miose quand j ai achet Kant et l ornithorynque, m me si je m attendais ce que les cat gories kantiennes soient mises en doute, mais d une fa on ironique philosophique, disons, en connaissant le penchant d Umberto Eco pour les paradoxes et les associations bizarres vous rappelez vous Comment voyager avec un saumon De toute fa on, apr s cette lecture je me suis rendu compte que de la s miose me reste quelques vagues notions de m Je ne sais pas pourquoi je n ai pens ni m me un moment la s miose quand j ai achet Kant et l ornithorynque, m me si je m attendais ce que les cat gories kantiennes soient mises en doute, mais d une fa on ironique philosophique, disons, en connaissant le penchant d Umberto Eco pour les paradoxes et les associations bizarres v...Tempted to throw out the five star rating on this one, but I do not believe that this is something that is going to be really life changing or horizon broadening, but it is just quite good.What I really loved about these essays are their simplicity Eco does an excellent job of explaining theories of language, cognition and semiotics without resorting to dense, technical language or dumbing down.With so many essays its tough to s...Ne ho letto alcune parti per la tesi poi mi sono intestardita a leggerlo tutto Ci sono voluti due anni, ma stato gratificante.Umberto Eco starts off in the first chapter with asking why is there something instead of nothing Although he references much philosophy in this first go around, this is just a way for him to get to ainteresting question he says that the fact that we can ask this question isn t to question Being itself, but to question common sense that Being is the initial condition for common sense So let s get to what he really wants to ask Eco is really asking, how can we know that something is Umberto Eco starts off in the first chapter with asking why is there something instead of nothing Although he references much philosophy in this first go around, this is just a way for him to get to ainteresting question he says that the fact that we can ask this question isn t t...Per me questo libro stato troppo difficile, le conoscenze che Eco considera preesistenti erano quasi totalmente assenti nel mio cervello, quindi la maggior parte del tempo mi sono messa a saltare dei lunghi passaggi che mi erano totalmente incomprensibili, peccato Se invece l...I sort of read the first bunch o pages of this book and didn t understand any of it, and then realized that I don t know anything about philosophy or semiotics, and then concluded that now was not the time to start learning Fortunately I got it for free from the Book Shed at the cit...

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04 February 2018

Umberto Eco