On metaphor /
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| Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1979. |
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| Description: | 196 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Phoenix books (Chicago, Ill P856. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Local Note: | University of Chicago Library's copy 8 in UCPress is a Phoenix book. University of Chicago Library's copy 9 in UCPress is a Phoenix book; 3rd impression 1981. |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/307979 |
| Summary: | 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.<br> <br> 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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| Item Description: | "Based on a symposium, 'Metaphor: the conceptual leap,' sponsored by the University of Chicago Extension in February 1978. Most of this volume appeared previously in the autumn 1978 issue of Critical inquiry." |
| Physical Description: | 196 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0226733343 |