Eco on Interpreting the Sign: The Limits of Narrating that which Cannot Be Theorized

Eidos. A Journal for Philosophy of Culture 4 (1):102-109 (2020)
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Eco says that which cannot be theorized must be narrated. What about that which cannot be narrated? What must we do about the limits of interpretation, especially as narration. This review essay takes a method from Giambattista Vico and applies it to the interpretation of Laurent Binet’s portrayal of Umberto Eco in his novel The Seventh Function of Language. Comparing the character of Eco with the thought of the historical Eco we find coincidences and other angles at incidence that reveal some portion of Binet’s underlying interpretation of Eco, and it limits.

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Randall E. Auxier
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Eco, Peirce, and the Pragmatic Theory of Signs.Randall E. Auxier - 2018 - European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy 10 (1).

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