Aspects of Metaphor

by Jaakko Hintikka (Editor)

Preface; J. Hintikka. `Dry Truth and Real Knowledge': Epistemologies of Metaphor and Metaphors of Epistemology; S. Haack. Metaphors, Similes and Similarity; R.J. Fogelin. Generating Metaphors from A Formal Interpretation of the Semantic Field Theory of Metaphor; E. Steinhart, E. Kittay. Metaphor as Change of an Interaction Theory of Cognition and Metaphor; B. Indurkhya. Metaphor and Other Kinds of Nonliteral Meaning; J. Hintikka, G. Sandu. Visual Metaphor; N. Carroll. Metaphors in an Open Class Test; A. Margalit, N. Goldblum. Metaphors and Ways of Life; E.M. Zemach. Index.

272 pages, Paperback

First published September 30, 1994