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Paradigms for a Metaphorology.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought SeriesPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (161 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801460043
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Paradigms for a MetaphorologyDDC classification:
  • 808
LOC classification:
  • PN228
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Paradigms for a Metaphorology -- Contents -- A Note on the Translation -- Introduction -- I. Metaphorics of the 'Mighty' Truth -- II. Metaphorics of Truth and Pragmatics of Knowledge -- III. A Terminological and Metaphorological Cross Section ofthe Idea of Truth -- IV. Metaphorics of the 'Naked' Truth -- V. Terra Incognita and 'Incomplete Universe' as Metaphors of the Modern Relationship to the World -- VI. Organic and Mechanical Background Metaphorics -- VII. Myth and Metaphorics -- VIII. Terminologization of a Metaphor: From 'Verisimilitude' to 'Probability' -- IX. Metaphorized Cosmology -- X. Geometric Symbolism and Metaphorics -- Translator's Afterword. Metaphorology: A Beginner's Guide -- Index of Names -- Subject Index.
Summary: What role do metaphors play in philosophical language? Are they impediments to clear thinking that should be eradicated in the interests of terminological exactness? Or can they be used by philosophers to indicate the attitudes that regulate an epoch?.
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Intro -- Paradigms for a Metaphorology -- Contents -- A Note on the Translation -- Introduction -- I. Metaphorics of the 'Mighty' Truth -- II. Metaphorics of Truth and Pragmatics of Knowledge -- III. A Terminological and Metaphorological Cross Section ofthe Idea of Truth -- IV. Metaphorics of the 'Naked' Truth -- V. Terra Incognita and 'Incomplete Universe' as Metaphors of the Modern Relationship to the World -- VI. Organic and Mechanical Background Metaphorics -- VII. Myth and Metaphorics -- VIII. Terminologization of a Metaphor: From 'Verisimilitude' to 'Probability' -- IX. Metaphorized Cosmology -- X. Geometric Symbolism and Metaphorics -- Translator's Afterword. Metaphorology: A Beginner's Guide -- Index of Names -- Subject Index.

What role do metaphors play in philosophical language? Are they impediments to clear thinking that should be eradicated in the interests of terminological exactness? Or can they be used by philosophers to indicate the attitudes that regulate an epoch?.

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