Knowledge Representation And Metaphor

Author : E. Cornell Way
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9789401579414

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Knowledge Representation and Metaphor by E. Cornell Way Pdf

This series will include monographs and collections of studies devoted to the investigation and exploration of knowledge, information, and data processing systems of all kinds, no matter whether human, (other) animal, or machine. Its scope is intended to span the full range of interests from classical problems in the philosophy of mind and philosophical psychol ogy through issues in cognitive psychology and sociobiology (concerning the mental capabilities of other species) to ideas related to artificial intelligence and computer science. While primary emphasis will be placed upon theoretical, conceptual, and epistemological aspects of these problems and domains, empirical, experimental, and methodological studies will also appear from time to time. The problems posed by metaphor and analogy are among the most challenging that confront the field of knowledge representation. In this study, Eileen Way has drawn upon the combined resources of philosophy, psychology, and computer science in developing a systematic and illuminating theoretical framework for understanding metaphors and analogies. While her work provides solutions to difficult problems of knowledge representation, it goes much further by investigating some of the most important philosophical assumptions that prevail within artificial intelligence today. By exposing the limitations inherent in the assumption that languages are both literal and truth-functional, she has advanced our grasp of the nature of language itself. J.R.F.

Author : Eileen Cornell Way
Publisher : Intellect Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Artificial intelligence
ISBN : 1871516390

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Knowledge Representation and Metaphor by Eileen Cornell Way Pdf

This is an analysis of the philosophical assumptions and implications of current artificial intelligence (AI) representation schemes, particularly those dealing with the underlying cognitive processes of language. The work attacks the traditional, logic-based view of language and knowledge representation and argues that cognitive mechanisms provide a better model for structuring knowledge that that of first-order logic. The author explains her dynamic type hierarchy theory, a new approach to metaphor, language and knowledge representation.

Author : F.R. Ankersmit,J.J.A. Mooij
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789401118446

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Knowledge and Language by F.R. Ankersmit,J.J.A. Mooij Pdf

Metaphor lies at the heart of the contemporary debate in aesthetics, semantics and the philosophy of science. It is generally recognised now that metaphor is not an obfuscation of the truth (as so many philosophers since Plato have argued); on the contrary, it is essential that we consider metaphor if we strive for an optimal understanding of how truth is gained both in science and in our everyday dealings with reality. Hence, metaphor is not of interest only for the literary theorists, but for all those who wish to understand science and how to grasp the structure of our social world. This volume presents eleven essays on the role of metaphor in philosophy, poetry, semiotics, art, literary criticism, economics, medical science and in political theory. Through the use of metaphor, the contributors provide a unique and exciting picture of these disciplines.

Author : James H. Martin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Computers
ISBN : STANFORD:36105000165782

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A Computational Model of Metaphor Interpretation by James H. Martin Pdf

Author : B. Indurkhya
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401722520

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Metaphor and Cognition by B. Indurkhya Pdf

Many metaphors go beyond pionting to the existing similarities between two objects -- they create the similarities. Such metaphors, which have been relegated to the back seat in most of the cognitive science research, are the focus of attention in this study, which addresses the creation of similarity within an elaborately laid out interactive framework of cognition. Starting from the constructivist views of Nelson Goodman and Jean Piaget, this framework resolves an apparent paradox in interactionism: how can reality not have a mind-independent ontology and structure, but still manage to constrain the possible worlds a cognitive agent can create in it? A comprehensive theory of metaphor is proposed in this framework that explains how metaphors can create similarities, and why such metaphors are an invaluable asset to cognition. The framework is then applied to related issues of analogical reasoning, induction, and computational modeling of creative metaphors.

Author : Eric J. Reuland,Werner Abraham,F. R. Ankersmit
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Knowledge, Theory of
ISBN : UOM:39015029854828

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Knowledge and Language: Metaphor and knowledge by Eric J. Reuland,Werner Abraham,F. R. Ankersmit Pdf

Studying the relation between knowledge and language, one may distin¬guish two different lines of inquiry, one focussing on language as a body of knowledge, the other on language as a vehicle of knowledge. Approaching language as a body of knowledge one faces questions concerning its structure, and the relation with other types of knowledge. One will ask, then, how language is acquired and to what extent the acquisition of language and the structure of the language faculty model relevant aspects of other cognitive capacities. If language is approached as a vehicle for knowledge, the question comes up what enables linguistic entities to represent facts about the world. To what extent does this rely on conventional aspects of meaning? Is it possible for language, when used non-conventionally as in metaphors, to convey intersubjective knowledge? If so (and it does seem to be the case), one may wonder what makes this possible. The aim of this conference was to investigate the role of conceptual structure in cognitive processes, exploring it from the perspectives of philosophy of language, linguistics, political philosophy, psychology, liter¬ary theory, aesthetics, and the philosophy of science. -- Publisher description.

Author : Marianna Bolognesi,Mario Brdar,Kristina Despot
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027262295

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Metaphor and Metonymy in the Digital Age by Marianna Bolognesi,Mario Brdar,Kristina Despot Pdf

This book describes methods, risks, and challenges involved in the construction of metaphor and metonymy digital repositories. The first part of this volume showcases established and new projects around the world in which metaphors and metonymies are harvested and classified. The second part provides a series of cognitive linguistic studies focused on highlighting and discussing theoretical and methodological risks and challenges involved in building these digital resources. The volume is a result of an interdisciplinary collaboration between cognitive linguists, psychologists, and computational scientists supporting an overarching idea that metaphor and metonymy play a central role in human cognition, and that they are deeply entrenched in recurring patterns of bodily experience. Throughout the volume, a variety of methods are proposed to collect and analyze both conceptual metaphors and metonymies and their linguistic and visual expressions.

Author : Arthur B. Markman
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134802975

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Knowledge Representation by Arthur B. Markman Pdf

Knowledge representation is fundamental to the study of mind. All theories of psychological processing are rooted in assumptions about how information is stored. These assumptions, in turn, influence the explanatory power of theories. This book fills a gap in the existing literature by providing an overview of types of knowledge representation techniques and their use in cognitive models. Organized around types of representations, this book begins with a discussion of the foundations of knowledge representation, then presents discussions of different ways that knowledge representation has been used. Both symbolic and connectionist approaches to representation are discussed and a set of recommendations about the way representations should be used is presented. This work can be used as the basis for a course on knowledge representation or can be read independently. It will be useful to students of psychology as well as people in related disciplines--computer science, philosophy, anthropology, and linguistics--who want an introduction to techniques for knowledge representation.

Author : Tony Veale,Ekaterina Shutova,Beata Beigman Klebanov
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783031021602

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Metaphor by Tony Veale,Ekaterina Shutova,Beata Beigman Klebanov Pdf

The literary imagination may take flight on the wings of metaphor, but hard-headed scientists are just as likely as doe-eyed poets to reach for a metaphor when the descriptive need arises. Metaphor is a pervasive aspect of every genre of text and every register of speech, and is as useful for describing the inner workings of a "black hole" (itself a metaphor) as it is the affairs of the human heart. The ubiquity of metaphor in natural language thus poses a significant challenge for Natural Language Processing (NLP) systems and their builders, who cannot afford to wait until the problems of literal language have been solved before turning their attention to figurative phenomena. This book offers a comprehensive approach to the computational treatment of metaphor and its figurative brethren—including simile, analogy, and conceptual blending—that does not shy away from their important cognitive and philosophical dimensions. Veale, Shutova, and Beigman Klebanov approach metaphor from multiple computational perspectives, providing coverage of both symbolic and statistical approaches to interpretation and paraphrase generation, while also considering key contributions from philosophy on what constitutes the "meaning" of a metaphor. This book also surveys available metaphor corpora and discusses protocols for metaphor annotation. Any reader with an interest in metaphor, from beginning researchers to seasoned scholars, will find this book to be an invaluable guide to what is a fascinating linguistic phenomenon.

Author : Aldo de Moor,International Conference on Conceptual Structures,Wilfried Lex
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2003-07-09
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540405764

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Conceptual Structures for Knowledge Creation and Communication by Aldo de Moor,International Conference on Conceptual Structures,Wilfried Lex Pdf

The book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Conceptual Structures, ICCS 2003, held in Dresden, Germany in July 2003. The 23 revised full papers presented together with 5 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected for presentation. The papers are organized in topical sections on the many facets of conceptual structures, logical and linguistic aspects, conceptual representation of time and space, deepening the formal theory and applications of conceptual structures.

Author : Dan Fass
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1997-12-16
Category : Computers
ISBN : UOM:39015046913367

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Processing Metonymy and Metaphor by Dan Fass Pdf

provides good answers to the expectations it title raisesthe book provides far more than just an approach for processing two tropes: the whole methods gives a way to distinguish diifferent tropes and literal language, to process meaning representations, and to resolve lexical ambiguity. —Computational Linguistics

Author : Zdravko Radman
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110145545

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From a Metaphorical Point of View by Zdravko Radman Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1985-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027237378

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Metaphor by Anonim Pdf

The aim of the present bibliography is to provide the student of metaphor with an up-to-date and comprehensive (albeit not exhaustive) overview of recent publications dealing with various aspects of metaphor in a variety of disciplines. Where the emphasis is primarily on specific works “about” metaphor, mainly in philosophy, linguistics, and psychology, the list has been supplemented with references to studies where metaphor is explicitly recognized as an instrument of research or analysis (e.g., in literature, or in the elaboration of scientific and religious models) or where its use is illustrated.

Author : Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr.
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781139471664

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The Cambridge Handbook of Metaphor and Thought by Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr. Pdf

A comprehensive collection of essays in multidisciplinary metaphor scholarship that has been written in response to the growing interest among scholars and students from a variety of disciplines such as linguistics, philosophy, anthropology, music and psychology. These essays explore the significance of metaphor in language, thought, culture and artistic expression. There are five main themes of the book: the roots of metaphor, metaphor understanding, metaphor in language and culture, metaphor in reasoning and feeling, and metaphor in non-verbal expression. Contributors come from a variety of academic disciplines, including psychology, linguistics, philosophy, cognitive science, literature, education, music, and law.

Author : Jaakko Hintikka
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401583152

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Aspects of Metaphor by Jaakko Hintikka Pdf

Metaphor is one of the most frequently evoked but at the same time most poorly understood concepts in philosophy and literary theory. In recent years, several interesting approaches to metaphor have been presented or outlined. In this volume, authors of some of the most important new approaches re-present their views or illustrate them by means of applications, thus allowing the reader to survey some of the prominent ongoing developments in this field. These authors include Robert Fogelin, Susan Haack, Jaakko Hintikka (with Gabriel Sandu), Bipin Indurkhya and Eva Kittay (with Eric Steinhart). Their stance is in the main constructive rather than critical; but frequent comparisons of different views further facilitate the reader's overview. In the other contributions, metaphor is related to the problems of visual representation (Noël Carroll), to the open class test (Avishai Margalit and Naomi Goldblum) as well as to Wittgenstein's idea of 'a way of life' (E.M. Zemach).