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The Logic of Metaphor

Analogous Parts of Possible Worlds

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  1. Eric Charles Steinhart

    1. William Paterson University of New Jersey, Wayne, USA

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Part of the book series: Synthese Library (SYLI, volume 299)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Eric Charles Steinhart
    Pages 1-26

  3. Language

    • Eric Charles Steinhart
    Pages 27-58

  4. Conceptual Structures

    • Eric Charles Steinhart
    Pages 59-80

  5. Analogy

    • Eric Charles Steinhart
    Pages 81-113

  6. Analogical Transference

    • Eric Charles Steinhart
    Pages 115-140

  7. Metaphorical Communication

    • Eric Charles Steinhart
    Pages 141-159

  8. Analogy and Truth

    • Eric Charles Steinhart
    Pages 161-182

  9. Metaphor and Inference

    • Eric Charles Steinhart
    Pages 183-208

  10. Lexical Meanings

    • Eric Charles Steinhart
    Pages 209-226

  11. Conclusion

    • Eric Charles Steinhart
    Pages 227-229

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 231-256
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About this book

1. Metaphors and Logic Metaphors are among the most vigorous offspring of the creative mind; but their vitality springs from the fact that they are logical organisms in the ecology of l- guage. I aim to use logical techniques to analyze the meanings of metaphors. My goal here is to show how contemporary formal semantics can be extended to handle metaphorical utterances. What distinguishes this work is that it focuses intensely on the logical aspects of metaphors. I stress the role of logic in the generation and int- pretation of metaphors. While I don't presuppose any formal training in logic, some familiarity with philosophical logic (the propositional calculus and the predicate c- culus) is helpful. Since my theory makes great use of the notion of structure, I refer to it as the structural theory of m etaphor (STM). STM is a semant ic theory of m etaphor : if STM is correct, then metaphors are cognitively meaningful and are n- trivially logically linked with truth. I aim to extend possible worlds semantics to handle metaphors. I'll argue that some sentences in natural languages like English have multiple meanings: "Juliet is the sun" has (at least) two meanings: the literal meaning "(Juliet is the sunkIT" and the metaphorical meaning "(Juliet is the sun)MET". Each meaning is a function from (possible) worlds to truth-values. I deny that these functions are identical; I deny that the metaphorical function is necessarily false or necessarily true.

Authors and Affiliations

  • William Paterson University of New Jersey, Wayne, USA

    Eric Charles Steinhart

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Logic of Metaphor

  • Book Subtitle: Analogous Parts of Possible Worlds

  • Authors: Eric Charles Steinhart

  • Series Title: Synthese Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9654-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-7004-8Published: 31 July 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5712-9Published: 08 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-9654-1Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0166-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8292

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 256

  • Topics: Philosophy of Language, Logic, Semantics, Computational Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence

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