Kant e l'ornitorinco

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 on Leggi tutto

Sono costretto ad ammetterlo, ho alla fine battuto la testa contro il muro invalicabile che protegge il nucleo interno della filosofia, quello che senza una formazione universitaria non si può passare. La speranza era che Umberto Eco, viste le sue leggendarie doti di affabulatore, fosse in grado di Leggi tutto

Je ne sais pas pourquoi je n’ai pensé ni même un moment à la sémiose quand j’ai acheté Kant et l’ornithorynque, même si je m’attendais à ce que les catégories kantiennes soient mises en doute, mais d’une façon ironique- philosophique, disons, en connaissant le penchant d’Umberto Eco pour les paradox Leggi tutto

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 a more interesting question (he says that the fact that we can ask this question isn't to question B Leggi tutto

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 o Leggi tutto