Metaphors Figures Of The Mind

Author : Z. Radman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401722544

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Metaphors: Figures of the Mind by Z. Radman Pdf

This book deals with various aspects of metaphorics and yet it is not only, or perhaps not even primarily, about metaphor itself. Rather it is concerned with the argument from metaphor. In other words, it is about what I think we can learn from metaphor and the possible consequences of this lesson for a more adequate understanding, for instance, of our mental processes, the possibilities and limitations of our reasoning, the strictures of propositionality, the cognitive effect of fictional projections and so on. In this sense it is not, strictly speaking, a contribution to metaphorology; instead, it is an attempt to define the place of metaphor in the world of overall human intellectual activity, exemplary thematized here in the span that ranges from problems relating to the articulation of meanings up to general issues of creativity. Most of the aspects discussed, therefore, are examined not so much for the sake of gaining some new knowledge about metaphor (work conducted in the »science of metaphor« is presently so huge that an extra attempt to spell out another theory of metaphor may have an infiatory effect); the basic strategy of this book is to view metaphor within the complex of language usage and language competence, in human thought and action, and, finally, to see in what philosophically relevant way it improves our knowledge of ourselves. Certainly, by adopting this basic strategy we also simultaneously increase our knowledge of metaphors, of their functions and importance.

Author : Zdravko Radman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:638815345

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Author : Jeannette Littlemore
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108416566

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Metaphors in the Mind by Jeannette Littlemore Pdf

Explores the physical, psychological and social factors that shape the way in which people engage with embodied metaphor, including, for example, the shape of one's body, age, gender, physical or linguistic impairments, ideology and religious beliefs. It will appeal to students and researchers in cognitive linguistics and cognitive psychology.

Author : D. Draaisma
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2000-12-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0521650240

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Metaphors of Memory by D. Draaisma Pdf

First published in 2000, this book explores the metaphors used by philosophers and psychologists to understand memory over the centuries.

Author : Brad Pasanek
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781421416892

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Metaphors of Mind by Brad Pasanek Pdf

A pathbreaking introduction to eighteenth-century metaphors of the mind that recasts the grand narrative of the Enlightenment in terms of its tropes and figures. An encyclopedic dictionary along the lines of Voltaire’s classic Dictionnaire Philosophique, Metaphors of Mind provides an in-depth look at the myriad ways in which Enlightenment writers used figures of speech to characterize the mind. Drawn from Brad Pasanek’s massive online archive, http://metaphorized.net, this volume constitutes a veritable treasury of mental metaphorics. Dividing the book into eleven broad metaphorical categories—Animals, Coinage, Court, Empire, Fetters, Impressions, Inhabitants, Metal, Mirror, Rooms, and Writing—Pasanek maps out constellations of metaphors. He frames his collection of literary excerpts in each section with a more descriptive and theoretical discussion of what he calls “desultory reading,” a form of unsystematic perusal of writing frequently employed by Enlightenment thinkers. By surveying the printed past alongside the digital present, the book treats eighteenth-century writing as its topic while essentially exemplifying its rhetorical approach. More than an exercise in quotation, this intellectual history offers illuminating readings of fragmentary literary works and confrontations with neoclassical and contemporary theories of metaphor. The book’s entries complicate received ideas about Locke’s blank slate, question M. H. Abrams’ claims about mirrors and lamps, and chart changing frequencies of metal metaphors in a moment of industrial revolution. The book also responds to current anxieties about reading and the mass digitization of literature, touching on recent discussions of “distant reading,” “shallow reading,” and “surface reading.” Promoting critical and creative anachronism, Metaphors of Mind redefines the notion of an archive in the age of Amazon and Google Books.

Author : Michael S. Kearns
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780813186276

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Metaphors of Mind in Fiction and Psychology by Michael S. Kearns Pdf

Curiosity about the human mind—what it is and how it functions—began long before modern psychology. But because the mind and its processes are so elusive, they could be described only by means of metaphor. Michael Kearns, in this prize-winning study, examines the development of metaphors of the mind in psychological writings from Hobbes through William James and in fiction from Defoe through Henry James. Throughout the eighteenth century and even into the early nineteenth, metaphors of the mind as a relatively simple entity, either mechanical or biological, dominated both those engaged in psychological theorizing and novelists ranging from Richardson and Smollett through Dickens and the Brontes. In the nineteenth century, such psychologists as Herbert Spencer and Alexander Bain conceived of the mind as a complex organism quite different from that embodied in earlier thinking, but their figurative language did not keep pace. The result was a tension between theoretical expression and actual discussion of mental phenomena

Author : Sharon M. Draper
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781416971719

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Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper Pdf

Considered by many to be mentally retarded, a brilliant, impatient fifth-grader with cerebral palsy discovers a technological device that will allow her to speak for the first time.

Author : Colin Murray Turbayne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015018861099

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Metaphors for the Mind by Colin Murray Turbayne Pdf

Turbayne analyzes the significance of metaphor in human thought by exploring historical traditions of philosophy. Probing into the early philosophies of Plato and Aristotle, Turbayne traces the influence that Platonic metaphors have held for later important philosophers such as Berkeley and Kant. By showing how modern theories of human thought and language (including the substance and attribute theory) arose from the procreation model as presented in Plato's Timaeus, Turbayne makes a contribution to the current philosophical debates concerning relativist/realist. In the discussion, the author restores the model to its original state in which the female and male hemispheres of the mind work as partners to create our world.

Author : Ronald S. Valle,Rolf von Eckartsberg
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781461338024

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Metaphors of Conciousness by Ronald S. Valle,Rolf von Eckartsberg Pdf

As we move into the 1980s, there is an increasing awareness that our civilization is going through a profound cultural transformation. At the heart of this transformation lies what is often called a "paradigm shift"-a dramatic change in the thoughts, perceptions, and values which form a particular vision of reality. The paradigm that is now shifting comprises a large number of ideas and values that have dominated our society for several hundred years; values that have been associated with various streams of Western culture, among them the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century, The Enlightenment, and the Industrial Revolution. They include the belief in the scientific method as the only valid approach to knowledge, the split between mind and matter, the view of nature as a mechanical system, the view of life in society as a competitive struggle for survival, and the belief in unlimited material progress to be achieved through economic and technological growth. All these ideas and values are now found to be severely limited and in need of radical revision.

Author : Raymond W. Gibbs
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1994-08-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521429927

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The Poetics of Mind by Raymond W. Gibbs Pdf

In this bold new work, Ray Gibbs demonstrates that human cognition is deeply poetic and that figurative imagination constitutes the way we understand ourselves and the world in which we live.

Author : Nicolae Babuts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Discourse analysis, Literary
ISBN : 0203787064

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Literature and the Metaphoric Universe in the Mind by Nicolae Babuts Pdf

"Nicolae Babuts believes that the study of metaphoric thought and literature can be enriched by the application of recent discoveries from neuroscientific c experiments. He maintains that metaphors are neither linguistic formations nor conceptual formations, but instead the product of association of images and language. They are a matter of vision.Memory is an essential component in the creation of meaning and is the way the mind receives messages from the outside world. In this process of transferring data from the outside world, the mind's overriding tendency is to integrate and interpret. Thus, incoming messages are recognized and given meaning whether they are in harmony with the inner world of the mind or in confl ict with it.Babuts argues that the literature we read is related to our perception of reality. And reality has two identities: the physical identity of the outside world and its symbolic identity within memory. The symbolic identity of the outside world is represented internally by the metaphoric universe in the mind."--Provided by publisher.

Author : James Lawley,Penny Tompkins
Publisher : Crown House Pub Limited
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Education
ISBN : 0953875105

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Metaphors in Mind by James Lawley,Penny Tompkins Pdf

Describing how to give individuals an opportunity to discover how their symbolic perceptions are organized, what needs to happen for these to change, and how they can develop as a result, this text includes three client transcripts.

Author : R. Holme
Publisher : Springer
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2003-12-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780230503007

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Mind, Metaphor and Language Teaching by R. Holme Pdf

Understanding metaphor raises key questions about the relationship between language and meaning, and between language and mind. This book explores how this understanding can impact upon the theory and practice of language teaching. After summarising the cognitive basis of metaphor and other figures of speech, it looks at how this knowledge can inform classroom practice. Finally, it sets out how we can use these insights to re-appraise language learning theory in a way that treats it as consonant with the cognitive nature of language.

Author : Ellen Winner
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317777793

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Developmental Perspectives on Metaphor by Ellen Winner Pdf

Research on the development of metaphor abilities in children can be dated back as far as 1960, with Asch and Nerlove's pioneering study, which concluded that children were unable to understand metaphors until middle or even late childhood. However, the study of metaphor in children did not take off until the 1970s; research continued to show metaphor as a relatively late-developing skill, based on children's inability to paraphrase correctly metaphoric sentences presented out of any situational or narrative context. In the past decade, research into the development of figurative language has broadened considerably in scope. Efforts have been underway to demonstrate the cognitive underpinnings of the ability to make sense of figurative language and to demonstrate the role of metaphor and its cousin, analogy, in the development of cognition. Metaphor is now considered to be a central aspect of language and thought and thus a crucial variable in cognitive development. The articles in this issue support the claim that no longer can any theory of language acquisition afford to ignore how children are able to recognize the distinction between what is said and what is meant and how they are able to grasp what is meant when people say things they do not mean.

Author : Kathrin Fahlenbrach
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317531210

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Embodied Metaphors in Film, Television, and Video Games by Kathrin Fahlenbrach Pdf

In cognitive research, metaphors have been shown to help us imagine complex, abstract, or invisible ideas, concepts, or emotions. Contributors to this book argue that metaphors occur not only in language, but in audio visual media well. This is all the more evident in entertainment media, which strategically "sell" their products by addressing their viewers’ immediate, reflexive understanding through pictures, sounds, and language. This volume applies cognitive metaphor theory (CMT) to film, television, and video games in order to analyze the embodied aesthetics and meanings of those moving images.