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Who's, what's, i don't know

a musement on Eco's pragmatism

Lucio Privitello

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Résumé

This study is a three-part play of musement on a few details in the potentially infinite landscape of Umberto Eco’s turn to, relations with, and adaptations of Pragmatism. This three-part guess was product of an abandoned first guess-attempt entitled: “Who’s on First(ness)?” The present title ensued naturally, and with some laughter, in recalling and using the play on words and names made famous by Abbott and Costello. Section 1 will mention two uncles of American Pragmatism. Section 2 will engage in Eco’s ista ricostruzionista (with a dash of ologo) reading of “iconismo primario” (primary iconism) that raises questions regarding his Peircean rereading and assessments. Section 3 will switch to a darker voice and touch upon a few issues in Eco’s writing (or not) on the “comic,” particularly his essays “Pirandello Ridens,” and “The Comic and the Rule.”

Détails de la publication

Publié dans:

(2018) Eco and Pragmatism. European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy 10 (1).

DOI: 10.4000/ejpap.1170

Citation complète:

Privitello Lucio, 2018, Who's, what's, i don't know: a musement on Eco's pragmatism. European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy 10 (1), Eco and Pragmatism, n/a. https://doi.org/10.4000/ejpap.1170.