Blackwell (NP)

[jd]

The person who told me this is a PhD in philosophy, I think it was in
reference to Kant and the Platypus, I believe someone else who almost,
but didn't quite, become a PhD in linguistics agreed with him...  the
reviews on Amazon seem hearty enough, so I really don't know.  You
very well could be correct.

On 6/14/06, Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> On Jun 14, 2006, at 7:31 PM, jd wrote:
>
> > The giving-to-a-library idea isn't a bad one... but I'm in Boston, and
> > the BPL isn't exactly hurting for books, and my school is certainly
> > taking enough of my money (and has a very well stocked library)...
> > also it's pretty much just by chance that i'm coming across this
> > opportunity so I think I might be greedy on this one.
> >
> > Does anyone have anything to say about The Search for a Perfect
> > Language by Umberto Eco?  I've heard he's a good novel writer (I
> > agree) but that his theory and non-fiction are way off and contain
> > some very basic errors.
>
> Semiotics is not an exact science.
>
> If you can make an error that is basic enough you might just be onto
> something  interesting.
>
> Just fooling around here.
>
>
> >
> > Do you think I'd be better off going with The Adorno Reader, to The
> > Search for a Perfect Language?  Right now my list is:
> >
> > Emile Durkheim
> > Kierkegaard Reader
> > Guattari Reader
> > Adorno Reader
> > Philosophical Investigations
> >
> > The only one I'm not absolutely certain will be of interest to me is
> > the Adorno book.
> >
> > On 6/14/06, Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> One thing to keep in mind is that scholarly journals
> >> generally have different rates for institutions,
> >> private subscribers, and students.  In that descending
> >> order.  Institutions such as libraries are charged
> >> more, I'm assuming, bcause a given issue of a journal
> >> shleved in a library might have several to many
> >> readers who might otherwise become subscribers
> >> themselves.  But libraries alwyas weem happy to get
> >> nice new books, even if only in softcover.  I've
> >> donated several books myself to the library at the
> >> institution I work at ...
> >>
> >> --- Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > You might want to donate the freebies to the college
> >> > library in case they have unmet needs. Scientific
> >> > books and journals are enormously expensive compared
> >> > to other types of stuff published....
> >>
> >> __________________________________________________
> >> Do You Yahoo!?
> >> Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
> >> http://mail.yahoo.com
> >>
>
>