Knowledge and Language: Volume III Metaphor and Knowledge

✍ Scribed by F. A. Ankersmit, J. J. A. Mooij (auth.), F. R. Ankersmit, J. J. A. Mooij (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 211
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Metaphor and Cognition....Pages 21-35
Truth and Metaphor....Pages 37-47
Models, Metaphors and Truth....Pages 49-66
Metaphor and Truth: A Liberal Approach....Pages 67-80
Poetry, Knowledge, and Metaphor....Pages 81-93
On the Way to Conceptual and Perceptual Knowledge....Pages 95-109
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Metaphor and Painting....Pages 113-125
The Confused God: About a Metaphor in Literary Semiotics....Pages 127-136
Economics and Language....Pages 137-142
Metaphor in 19th-Century Medicine....Pages 143-154
Metaphor in Political Theory....Pages 155-202
Back Matter....Pages 203-213

✦ Subjects

Semantics; Philosophy of Language; Aesthetics; Philosophy of Science