Knowledge and Language

F. R. Ankersmit, J. J. A. Mooij (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

228 Seiten

1993
Kluwer Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-7923-1791-3 (ISBN)

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The third volume of a three-volume work, this text argues that it is essential to consider metaphor when exploring how truth is gained in science and in everyday dealings with reality. It looks at the role of metaphor in fields ranging from poetry and art to medicine and political theory.

Metaphor lies at the heart of the contemporary debate in aesthetics, semantics and the philosophy of science. It is generally recognized 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 of interest not 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 11 essays on the role of metaphor in philosophy, poetry, semiotics, art, literary criticism, economics, medical science and political theory.

Part 1 Mataphor and truth: metaphor and cognition, A.C. Danto; truth and metaphor, D.E. Cooper; models, metaphors and truth, M.B. Hesse; metaphor and truth - a liberal approach, J.J.A. Mooij; poetry, knowledge and metaphor, S.R. Levin; on the way to conceptual and perceptual knowledge, K. Lorenz. Part 2 The uses of metaphor: metaphor and painting, R. Wollheim; the confused God - about a metaphor in literary semiotics, S. Briosi; economics and language, J. Pen; metaphor in 19th-century medicine, M.L. Barbera; metaphor in political theory, F.R. Ankersmit.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.4.1993
Reihe/Serie	Knowledge and Language \| 1.40
Zusatzinfo	index
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	500 g
Einbandart	gebunden
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-7923-1791-2 / 0792317912
ISBN-13	978-0-7923-1791-3 / 9780792317913
Zustand	Neuware