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Metaphor and moral experience / A.E. Denham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Denham, A. E. (Alison E.), author.
- Series:
- Oxford philosophical monographs.
- Oxford philosophical monographs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethics.
- Metaphor.
- Literature and morals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 366 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Alison Denham examines the parallels between moral and metaphorical discourse, and the ways in which our engagement with literary art, and metaphorical discourse in particular informs our moral beliefs.
- Contents:
- pt. I. Judgements of Value. 1. Art and Morality (1). 2. Values and Valuing. 3. Aspects of Value. 4. Converging on Values: Cognition and Sentiment. 5. Reason, Imagination, and Moral Experience
- pt. II. Judgements of Experience. 6. Subjective Conceptions. 7. Identifying Metaphor. 8. Metaphor and Cognition: Two Theories. 9. Metaphor and Judgements of Experience. 10. Art and Morality (2).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version
- ISBN:
- 0-19-168007-9
- 0-19-824010-4
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