Bargain @ $1.99 in the US only from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Mariner Books imprint (linkage goes to Kobo, should be the same price at all the regular retailers):
Kant and the Platypus: Essays in Language and Cognition by the late Italian literary novelist and semiotician Umberto Eco (
Wikipedia). The last Mariner Eco deal seemed pretty short-lived, so it's probably best not to wait if you think you might want this one.
In Kant and the Platypus, the renowned semiotician, philosopher, and bestselling author of The Name of the Rose and Foucault’s Pendulum explores the question of how much of our perception of things is based on cognitive ability, and how much on linguistic resources.
In six remarkable essays, Umberto Eco explores in depth questions of reality, perception, and experience. Basing his ideas on common sense, Eco shares a vast wealth of literary and historical knowledge, touching on issues that affect us every day. At once philosophical and amusing, Kant and the Platypus is a tour of the world of our senses, told by a master of knowing what is real and what is not.