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Knowledge and Language

Volume III Metaphor and Knowledge

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. F. R. Ankersmit

    1. Department of History, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

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  2. J. J. A. Mooij

    1. Department of General and Comparative Literature, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • F. A. Ankersmit, J. J. A. Mooij
      Pages 1-17

  3. Metaphor and Truth

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
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    2. Metaphor and Cognition

      • Arthur C. Danto
      Pages 21-35

    3. Truth and Metaphor

      • David E. Cooper
      Pages 37-47

    4. Models, Metaphors and Truth

      • Mary B. Hesse
      Pages 49-66

    5. Metaphor and Truth: A Liberal Approach

      • J. J. A. Mooij
      Pages 67-80

    6. Poetry, Knowledge, and Metaphor

      • Samuel R. Levin
      Pages 81-93

    7. On the Way to Conceptual and Perceptual Knowledge

      • Kuno Lorenz
      Pages 95-109

  4. The Uses of Metaphor

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
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    2. Metaphor and Painting

      • Richard Wollheim
      Pages 113-125

    3. The Confused God: About a Metaphor in Literary Semiotics

      • Sandro Briosi
      Pages 127-136

    4. Economics and Language

      • Jan Pen
      Pages 137-142

    5. Metaphor in 19th-Century Medicine

      • Maria Luisa Barbera
      Pages 143-154

    6. Metaphor in Political Theory

      • Frank R. Ankersmit
      Pages 155-202

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 203-213
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of History, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

    F. R. Ankersmit

  • Department of General and Comparative Literature, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

    J. J. A. Mooij

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Knowledge and Language

  • Book Subtitle: Volume III Metaphor and Knowledge

  • Editors: F. R. Ankersmit, J. J. A. Mooij

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1844-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-4814-9Published: 29 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-1844-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 213

  • Topics: Semantics, Philosophy of Language, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Science

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