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Metakolaż. O kanonie myślenia metaforycznego Dorota Rybarkiewicz
Metacollage. On the Canon of Metaphorical Thinking
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rybarkiewicz, Dorota, author.
- Series:
- Uniwersytet Łódzki
- Language:
- Polish
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy.
- Logic.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 p. 192)
- Place of Publication:
- Łódź [Poland] : Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego 2018
- Summary:
- The author explains the construct of meta-collage by discussing the hybrid concept of metaphor and ways of metaphorical thinking in philosophy, science and ideology. A multi-themed description of various metaphors performing the function of mental models reveals their similarity to a sheet of glass. We look through it, discovering the world, but we do not know if it is transparent or just translucent, scratched or maybe covered with textural marks and colours superimposed on what we are trying to discern beyond it. Metaphors create cognitive categories that are a source of interpretation for incoming data. Their double role puts us against the question about the truth of cognition based on this mechanism and the scope of cognitive uncertainty where the mind can be led astray. The author gives many examples of reaching such limits of cognition and tries to explore issues related to the role of this mechanism in thinking, also of the scientific kind, as well as to its impact on cognition and its assessment. The book will not only help the reader find their way around metacollage: by dint of stimulating ratiocination, it can also contribute to improving the cognitive process and to increasing the chances for a better interpretation of the changing reality.
- ISBN:
- 83-8142-363-5
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