Paradigms for a Metaphorology

Ithaca, USA: Cornell University Press (2010)
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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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9780801460043   1501704354   0801449251   0801460042   9781501704352

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10.7591/9780801460043

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Introduction.  (pages 1-5)Hans Blumenberg
1. I. Metaphorics of the ‘Mighty’ Truth.  (pages 6-12)Hans Blumenberg
2. II. Metaphorics of Truth and Pragmatics of Knowledge.  (pages 13-30)Hans Blumenberg
3. III. A Terminological and Metaphorological Cross Section of the Idea of Truth.  (pages 31-39)Hans Blumenberg
4. IV. Metaphorics of the ‘Naked’ Truth.  (pages 40-51)Hans Blumenberg
5. V. Terra Incognita and ‘Incomplete Universe’ as Metaphors of the Modern Relationship to the World.  (pages 52-61)Hans Blumenberg
6. VI. Organic and Mechanical Background Metaphorics.  (pages 62-76)Hans Blumenberg
7. VII. Myth and Metaphorics.  (pages 77-80)Hans Blumenberg
8. VIII. Terminologization of a Metaphor: From ‘Verisimilitude’ to ‘Probability’.  (pages 81-98)Hans Blumenberg
9. IX. Metaphorized Cosmology.  (pages 99-114)Hans Blumenberg
10. X. Geometric Symbolism and Metaphorics.  (pages 115-132)Hans Blumenberg
Translator’s Afterword.  (pages 133-146)Hans Blumenberg
Index of Names.  (pages 147-150)Hans Blumenberg
Subject Index.  (pages 151-152)Hans Blumenberg

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