Author: Umberto Eco
Edition:
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0674049187
Edition:
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0674049187
From the Tree to the Labyrinth: Historical Studies on the Sign and Interpretation
The way we create and organize knowledge is the theme of From the Tree to the Labyrinth, a major achievement by one of the world's foremost thinkers on language and interpretation. Get From the Tree to the Labyrinth literature books for free.
Umberto Eco begins by arguing that our familiar system of classification by genus and species derives from the Neo-Platonist idea of a "tree of knowledge." He then moves to the idea of the dictionary, which--like a tree whose trunk anchors a great hierarchy of branching categories--orders knowledge into a matrix of definitions. In Eco's view, though, the dictionary is too rigid: it turns knowledge into a closed system. A more flexible organizational scheme is the encyclopedia, whichA--instead of resembling a tree with finite branches--offers a labyrinth of Check From the Tree to the Labyrinth our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.
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A more flexible organizational scheme is the encyclopedia, whichA--instead of resembling a tree with finite branches--offers a labyrinth of
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