The philosophy of Umberto Eco / edited by Sara G. Beardsworth and Randall E. Auxier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beardsworth, Sara, editor.

Auxier, Randall E., 1961- editor.

Series:

Library of living philosophers ; v. 35.

The library of living philosophers ; volume XXXV

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eco, Umberto--Criticism and interpretation.

Eco, Umberto.

Semiotics.

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xix, 748 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : Open Court, [2017]

Summary:

The first volume in the Library of Living Philosophers appeared in 1939, the brainchild of the late Professor Paul A. Schilpp, who perceived that it would help to eliminate confusions and endless sterile disputes over interpretation if great philosophers could be confronted on a range of questions by their capable philosophical peers and asked to reply to each of them. As well as the criticisms and replies, each volume would include a photograph, a handwriting sample, an intellectual autobiography, and a complete bibliography of the great philosopher's works. The Library of Living Philosophers has exceeded even Schilpp's expectations, enabling the outstanding philosophers of each generation to do more than clarify, by extending and elaborating their thoughts. A volume in the Library of Living Philosophers is not merely a commentary on a philosopher's work: it is a crucial part of that work. Book jacket.

Contents:

Preface

Part 1: Intellectual autobiography of Umberto Eco and "Why philosophy?" Sample of Eco's handwriting ; Intellectual autobiography of Umberto Eco ; "Why philosophy?" by Umberto Eco

Part 2: Descriptive and critical essays on the philosophy of Umberto Eco with replies. I. Medieval studies. Umberto Eco and medieval aesthetics / John Marenbon ; Reply to John Marenbon ; Eco's semiotics and medieval philosophy / Costantino Marmo

II. Semiotics, cognition, and epistemology. Negotiation and regulation : Eco on knowing / David Boersema ; Reply to David Boersema ; The pursuit of the pursuit of truth / Donald Phillip Verene ; Reply to Donald Phillip Verene ; The reasonable's the limit / Piero Polidoro ; The model reader and the mundanity of reading practices / Morana Alac

III. Semiotics, cognition, and the philosophy of language. Encyclopedia : criticality and actuality / Patrizia Violi ; Eco, Peirce, and the anxiety of influence : the most Kantian of thinkers / Claudio Paolucci ; Modes of sign production / Andrea Valle ; Eco, Peirce, and iconism : a philosophical inquiry / Rossella Fabbrichesi ; Reply to Rossella Fabbrichesi ; Semiotic Enargeia : a tribute to Umberto Eco / Jean Petitot ; Eco, metaphor, and interpretation : a cure for the common code / Ernie Lepore and Matthew Stone ; Reply to Ernie Lepore and Matthew Stone

IV. Translation. Translation : a question of experience : on Umberto Eco's translation theory / Siri Nergaard ; Reply to Siri Nergaard ; Nomen est omen : Eco's reflections on translation / Edoardo Crisafulli ; Reply to Edoardo Crisafulli

V. Philosophy and the semiotics of literature. The lover of books : Eco's medieval and early modern reading / Walter Stephens ; Reply to Walter Stephens ; Eco's narratology / Lubomír Doležel ; "Encyclopedia" and "Possible worlds" : history, fiction, and falsification in the novels of Umberto Eco / Ulla Musarra-Schrøder

VI. Philosophy in the novels. Umberto Eco's semiotic imaginary / Norma Bouchard ; Reply to Norma Bouchard ; Reading lessons in Foucault's Pendulum / Helen Bennett ; "I have wandered in a face..." / Lucio Angelo Privitello

VII. Postmodernism and mass culture. Of bowls, magnetized marbles, and Umberto Eco / Charles Jencks ; Reply to Charles Jencks ; Five or six postmodernisms / Brian McHale ; Reply to Brian McHale ; Cultural studies, ideology, and media texts / Lucrecia Escudero Chauvel

Part 3: Bibliography of the writings of Umberto Eco.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Philosophy of Umberto Eco.

ISBN:

9780812699623

0812699629

OCLC:

959535622

Publisher Number:

40027171739