Philosophical Perspectives On Metaphor

Author : Mark Johnson
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780816657971

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Philosophical Perspectives on Metaphor was first published in 1981. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. "We are," says Mark Johnson, "in the midst of metaphormania." The past few years have seen an explosion of interest in metaphor as a vehicle for exploring the relations between language and thought. While a number of recent books have dealt with metaphor from the standpoints of several disciplines, there is no collection that shows the best of the work that has been done in the field of philosophy. Mark Johnson has brought together essays that define the central issues of the discussion in this field. His introductory essay offers a critical survey of historically influential treatments of figurative language (including those of Aristotle, Hobbes, Locke, Kant, and Nietzsche) and sets forth the nature of various issues that have been of interest to philosophers. Thus, it provides a context in which to understand the motivations, influences, and significance of the collected essays. An annotated bibliography serves as a catalog of all relevant literature. Philosophical Perspectives on Metaphor provides an entry point into the philosophical exploration of metaphor for students, philosophers, linguists, psychologists, artists, critics, or anyone interested in language and its relation to understanding and experience.

Author : Francesca Ervas,Elisabetta Gola
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781443867313

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Metaphor in Focus by Francesca Ervas,Elisabetta Gola Pdf

This book is a philosophical guide on metaphor use. Previous research concerning metaphors has focused on either the theoretical-linguistic problems or the uses in specific research fields. Although these domains share some common interests, there has been little cross-communication. The aim of this volume is to bridge the gap between the theoretical and the empirical side of the research on metaphor use, by analysing the role of metaphor over different domains of use. Therefore, while adopting a theoretical-philosophical point of view, the volume also presents the interdisciplinary connections between philosophy and other academic areas such as linguistics, cognitive science, discourse analysis, communication studies, didactics, economics, arts and political science.

Author : Mark Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:917419936

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Author : Miriam Taverniers
Publisher : Academia Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Metaphor
ISBN : 9038202849

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Metaphor and Metaphorology by Miriam Taverniers Pdf

Author : Andrew Ortony
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1993-11-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521405610

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Metaphor and Thought by Andrew Ortony Pdf

Metaphor and Thought, first published in 1979, reflects the surge of interest in and research into the nature and function of metaphor in language and thought. In this revised and expanded second edition, the editor has invited the contributors to update their original essays to reflect any changes in their thinking. Reorganised to accommodate the shifts in central theoretical issues, the volume also includes six new chapters that present important and influential fresh ideas about metaphor that have appeared in such fields as the philosophy of language and the philosophy of science, linguistics, cognitive and clinical psychology, education and artificial intelligence.

Author : Sune Holm,Maria Serban
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351212229

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Philosophical Perspectives on the Engineering Approach in Biology by Sune Holm,Maria Serban Pdf

Philosophical Perspectives on the Engineering Approach in Biology provides a philosophical examination of what has been called the most powerful metaphor in biology: The machine metaphor. The chapters collected in this volume discuss the idea that living systems can be understood through the lens of engineering methods and machine metaphors from both historical, theoretical, and practical perspectives. In their contributions the authors examine questions about scientific explanation and methodology, the interrelationship between science and engineering, and the impact that the use of engineering metaphors in science may have for bioethics and science communication, such as the worry that its wide application reinforces public misconceptions of the nature of new biotechnology and biological life. The book also contains an introduction that describes the rise of the machine analogy and the many ways in which it plays a central role in fundamental debates about e.g. design, adaptation, and reductionism in the philosophy of biology. The book will be useful as a core reading for professionals as well as graduate and undergraduate students in courses of philosophy of science and for life scientists taking courses in philosophy of science and bioethics.

Author : Stefana Garello
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 3031568656

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The Enigma of Metaphor by Stefana Garello Pdf

This book deals with the complicated realm of metaphor, an enigma deeply embedded in language and cognition. There has been much discussion of metaphor in the past, but it was characterized by a certain fragmentation and lacked interdisciplinarity. In this field of study, the dominance of Cognitive Linguistics, epitomized by the Conceptual Metaphor Theory of George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, has caused the marginalization of alternative perspectives. To fill this gap, this book embarks on an interdisciplinary journey, inviting different theoretical frameworks to engage in a fruitful dialog. It navigates the labyrinth of theories and illuminates the nuanced facets of metaphor. At the center of this exploration are three central questions: whether metaphor belongs to the realm of style or thought, the intricate interplays between literal and metaphorical meanings and the integration of propositional and non-propositional elements in the construction of metaphorical meaning. Through a careful blend of historical analysis and contemporary hypotheses, the book unravels the complexities of metaphor, considering its evolution across the centuries and the myriad interpretations it evokes. By bringing together work from different fields, it ultimately shows that a definition of metaphor is theory-dependent and that metaphor is not a natural kind, but a complex and multifaceted philosophical concept whose study requires a multi-dimensional approach that transcends narrow theoretical boundaries. In this way, the book explores these considerations’ most important philosophical consequences and offers new insights into this fundamental aspect of human language.

Author : George Lakoff,Mark Johnson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1980-11-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0226468003

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Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff,Mark Johnson Pdf

The now-classic Metaphors We Live By changed our understanding of metaphor and its role in language and the mind. Metaphor, the authors explain, is a fundamental mechanism of mind, one that allows us to use what we know about our physical and social experience to provide understanding of countless other subjects. Because such metaphors structure our most basic understandings of our experience, they are "metaphors we live by"—metaphors that can shape our perceptions and actions without our ever noticing them. In this updated edition of Lakoff and Johnson's influential book, the authors supply an afterword surveying how their theory of metaphor has developed within the cognitive sciences to become central to the contemporary understanding of how we think and how we express our thoughts in language.

Author : Mary Therese DesCamp
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004161795

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Metaphor and Ideology by Mary Therese DesCamp Pdf

This cognitive linguistic analysis of "Liber Antiquitatum Biblicarum" demonstrates how women are used to articulate Pseudo-Philo's theology and ideology; how 'mother' is redefined to support female authority to interpret and instruct; and how textual and character authority is constructed conceptually.

Author : David S. Miall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015009152367

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Metaphor, Problems and Perspectives by David S. Miall Pdf

1. On taking metaphor literally -- 2. Metaphor and cognitive stucture -- 3. Understanding literary metaphors -- 4. Metaphor as synergy -- 5. Friedrich Nietzsche: the use and abuse of metaphor -- 6. Metaphor in science -- 7. Are scientiic analogies metaphors? -- 8. The metaphorical plot.

Author : Zdravko Radman
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110867831

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From a Metaphorical Point of View by Zdravko Radman Pdf

Author : Jaakko Hintikka
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 42,6 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).

Author : Neil Pickering
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0198530889

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The Metaphor of Mental Illness by Neil Pickering Pdf

Despite the currency of the notion of mental illness, there are those who take the radical line that it is a fabrication. This work takes the sceptical line seriously and puts forward a new view on mental illness and proposes a resolution of issues and disputes in the field.

Author : Carl R. Hausman
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1989-04-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 0521363853

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Metaphor and Art by Carl R. Hausman Pdf

Author : Stephen R. L. Clark
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226565057

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Plotinus by Stephen R. L. Clark Pdf

"Plotinus, the Roman philosopher (c. 204-270 CE) who is widely regarded as the founder of Neoplatonism, was also the creator of numerous myths, images, and metaphors, which have frequently been dismissed by modern scholars as merely ornamental. In this book, distinguished philosopher Stephen R. L. Clark shows that they form a vital set of spiritual exercises by which individuals can achieve one of Plotinus's most important goals: self-transformation through contemplation. Clark examines a variety of Plotinus's myths and metaphors within the cultural and philosophical context of his time, asking probing questions about their contemplative effects. Through rich images and structures, Clark casts Plotinus as a philosopher deeply concerned with philosophy as a way of life." -- Résumé de l'éditeur.