The philosophy of Umberto Eco /
Beardsworth, Sara,editor.
Auxier, Randall E.,1961-editor.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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