From a metaphorical point of view : a multidisciplinary approach to the cognitive content of metaphor / edited by Zdravko Radman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Radman, Zdravko, editor.

Series:

Philosophie und Wissenschaft ; Band 7.

Philosophie und Wissenschaft ; Band 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metaphor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (472 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2015

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; New York, [New York] : Walter de Gruyter, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "From a Metaphorical Point of View".

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part One: A History of Philosophy Perspective

1. From "Clothing" to "Organ of Reason": An Essay on the Theories of Metaphor in German Philosophy in the Age of Enlightenment / Otabe, Tanehisa

2. Experiments with Metaphors: On the Connection between Scientific Method and Literary Form in Francis Bacon / Schildknecht, Christiane

Part Two: A Semantic Perspective

3. Metaphor and Reference / Elgin, Catherine Z.

4. Metaphor as Rearranging the Furniture of the Mind: A Reply to Donald Davidson's "What Metaphors Mean" / Feder Kittay, Eva

5. The "Container" Metaphor of Anger in English, Chinese, Japanese and Hungarian / Kövecses, Zoltán

Part Three: A Cognitive Science Perspective

6. Neuronal Processes of Creative Metaphors / MacCormac, Earl R.

7. An Artificial Intelligence Approach to Models and Metaphor / Way, Eileen Cornell

8. Imagery and Metaphor: The Cognitive Science Connection / Miller, Arthur I.

9. How to Make Our Ideas Clear with Metaphors / Radman, Zdravko

Part Four: A Philosophy of Science Perspective

10. Metaphors in Science and Education / Holton, Gerald

11. Metaphor in Science / Soskice, Janet Martin / Harré, Rom

12. What is Wrong with Talking of Metaphors in Science? / Montuschi, Eleonora

13. Metaphors in the Scientific Laboratory: Why are they there and what do they do? / Cetina, Karin Knorr

14. Models, Metaphors and Truth / Hesse, Mary

Part Five: A Theological, Sociological and Political Perspective

15. The Motive for Metaphor / McMullin, Ernan

16. "Search for the Daimon", "Pact with the Devil" and "Fight of Gods": On Some Metaphors of Goethe in Max Weber's Sociology / González Garda, José M.

17. The House as Metaphor / Rigotti, Francesca

Notes on Contributors

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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ISBN:

9783110867831

3110867834

OCLC:

979592567