Models and Metaphors : : Studies in Language and Philosophy /

Models and Metaphors : : Studies in Language and Philosophy / / Max Black.

Although the range is wide (philosophy of language, logic, philosophy of science) in this collection of essays, there is a certain unity of treatment arising from the author's steady interest in using "linguistic analysis" to cast some new light on old problems, such as the nature of...

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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (267 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • I. Language and Reality
  • II. Explanations of Meaning
  • III. Metaphor
  • IV. Presupposition and Implication
  • V. Necessary Statements and Rules
  • VI. The Analysis of Rules
  • VII. Possibility
  • VIII. Making Something Happen
  • IX. Can the Effect Precede the Cause?
  • X. The "Direction” of Time
  • XI. Can Induction Be Vindicated?
  • XII. Self-supporting Inductive Arguments
  • XIII. Models and Archetypes
  • XIV. Linguistic Relativity: The Views of Benjamin Lee Whorf
  • Additional Notes and References
  • Index

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