From a Metaphorical Point of View : A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Cognitive Content of Metaphor.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 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 -- 2. Experiments with Metaphors: On the Connection between Scientific Method and Literary Form in Francis Bacon -- Part Two: A Semantic Perspective -- 3. Metaphor and Reference -- 4. Metaphor as Rearranging the Furniture of the Mind: A Reply to Donald Davidson's "What Metaphors Mean" -- 5. The "Container" Metaphor of Anger in English, Chinese, Japanese and Hungarian -- Part Three: A Cognitive Science Perspective -- 6. Neuronal Processes of Creative Metaphors -- 7. An Artificial Intelligence Approach to Models and Metaphor -- 8. Imagery and Metaphor: The Cognitive Science Connection -- 9. How to Make Our Ideas Clear with Metaphors -- Part Four: A Philosophy of Science Perspective -- 10. Metaphors in Science and Education -- 11. Metaphor in Science -- 12. What is Wrong with Talking of Metaphors in Science ? -- 13. Metaphors in the Scientific Laboratory: Why are they there and what do they do? -- 14. Models, Metaphors and Truth -- Part Five: A Theological, Sociological and Political Perspective -- 15. The Motive for Metaphor -- 16. "Search for the Daimon", "Pact with the Devil" and "Fight of Gods": On Some Metaphors of Goethe in Max Weber's Sociology -- 17. The House as Metaphor -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Author Index -- Subject Index.

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