Cognitive-methodological functions of metaphors
Cognitive-methodological functions of metaphors
Author(s): Marek HetmańskiSubject(s): Philosophy of Science, Cognitive Psychology, Methodology and research technology, Stylistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: metaphor; conceptual metaphor theory; embodied metaphors; embedded metaphoricity; heuristics and the methodology of metaphors; scientific discourse;
Summary/Abstract: The paper analyzes the cognitive functions of metaphors present in both colloquial and scientific discourse. First, presented is the history of research into linguistic metaphors, followed by a discussion of the psycholinguistic turn towards metaphors as thought schemas (George Lakoff and Mark Johnson), as well as metaphoricality embodied in gestures, images and behaviors and their socio-cultural contexts. Based on the analysis of metaphors in the natural sciences, mainly in physics (Max Black, Mary Hesse, Thomas Kuhn) as well as in psychology (Douwe Draaisma), the heuristic and methodological functions of metaphors in science are discussed. Finally, on this basis, a general model of the cognitive functions of metaphor is constructed in which, apart from the cognitive communicative functions, emphasized are also the pragmatic aspects of metaphorical thinking.
Journal: ARGUMENT: Biannual Philosophical Journal
- Issue Year: XI/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 93-109
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English