
Paradigms for a Metaphorology.
Title:
Paradigms for a Metaphorology.
Author:
Blumenberg, Hans.
ISBN:
9780801460043
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (160 pages)
Series:
Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought
Contents:
Contents -- A Note on the Translation -- Introduction -- Metaphorics of the 'Mighty' Truth -- Metaphorics of Truth and Pragmatics of Knowledge -- A Terminological and Metaphorological Cross Section of the Idea of Truth -- Metaphorics of the 'Naked' Truth -- Terra Incognita and 'Incomplete Universe' as Metaphors of the Modern Relationship to the World -- Organic and Mechanical Background Metaphorics -- Myth and Metaphorics -- Terminologization of a Metaphor: From 'Verisimilitude' to 'Probability' -- Metaphorized Cosmology -- Geometric Symbolism and Metaphorics -- Translator's Afterword -- Index of Names -- Subject Index.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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