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On Metaphor
Contributor(s): Sacks, Sheldon (Editor)
ISBN: 0226733343     ISBN-13: 9780226733340
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
OUR PRICE:   $17.33  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: September 1979
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Annotation: "On Metaphor", a collection of fourteen essays by eminent philosophers, literary critics, theologians, art historians, and psychologists, illustrates and explores a striking phenomenon in modern intellectual history: the transformation of metaphor from a specialized concern of rhetoricians and literary critics to a central concept in the study of human understanding. These lively and provocative essays probe the nature, function, and meaning of metaphor and collectively demonstrate the multidisciplinary implications of the concept.
Because of its comprehensive scope, the volume is useful both as a resource for those interested in contemporary philosophy and theories of language and as a text for courses in such areas as the philosophy of language, critical theory, and the philosophy of knowledge. Originally published as a special issue of "Critical Inquiry", the present collection includes two new contributions by Max Black and Nelson Goodman, along with a comprehensive index to the work.
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BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric
- Reference
Dewey: 808
LCCN: 79005080
Series: Critical Inquiry Book
Physical Information: 0.46" H x 6.05" W x 9.04" (0.64 lbs) 204 pages
 
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On Metaphor, a collection of fourteen essays by eminent philosophers, literary critics, theologians, art historians, and psychologists, illustrates and explores a striking phenomenon in modern intellectual history: the transformation of metaphor from a specialized concern of rhetoricians and literary critics to a central concept in the study of human understanding. These lively and provocative essays probe the nature, function, and meaning of metaphor and collectively demonstrate the multidisciplinary implications of the concept.

Because of its comprehensive scope, the volume is useful both as a resource for those interested in contemporary philosophy and theories of language and as a text for courses in such areas as the philosophy of language, critical theory, and the philosophy of knowledge. Originally published as a special issue of Critical Inquiry, the present collection includes two new contributions by Max Black and Nelson Goodman, along with a comprehensive index to the work.