The Sign of Three: Dupin, Holmes, Peirce [Paperback]

Umberto Eco (Editor), Thomas A. Sebeok (Editor)

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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Indiana University Press (Sep 22 1988)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0253204879
ISBN-13: 978-0253204875
Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.3 x 1.9 cm
Shipping Weight: 363 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #534,959 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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" ... fascinating throughout... the book is recreative in the highest sense." Arthur C. Danto, The New Republic "A gem for Holmes fans and armchair detectives with a penchant for logical reflection, and Peirce scholars." Library Journal

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'...fascinating throughout...the book is recreative in the highest sense' - Arthur C. Danto, "The New Republic". 'A gem for Holmes fans and armchair detectives with a penchant for logical reflection, and Peirce scholars' - "Library Journal".

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5.0 out of 5 stars actually the sign of several, July 30 2009

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This review is from: The Sign of Three: Dupin, Holmes, Peirce (Paperback)

This book is a collection of essays on induction and abduction by several authors mainly know in the field of semiotics, theory of mind, and cognitive science. This makes the essays somewhat heterogeneous, but in a good way. It is a little misleading to say that it is the sign of three, b/c in the book they also look at other people/characters besides (Auguste) Dupin, (Sherlock) Holmes, and (Charles Sanders) Peirce. The sign of three is a play on words from the Sherlock Holmes story 'The sign of four' and the importance of 3 in the philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce. Other people/characters that they refer to are Freud, Voltaire's Zadig, and Karl Popper.

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