Paradigms for a metaphorology /
"Paradigms for a Metaphorology may be read as a kind of beginner's guide to Blumenberg, a programmatic introduction to his vast and multifaceted oeuvre. Its brevity makes it an ideal point of entry for readers daunted by the sheer bulk of Blumenberg's later writings, or distracted by...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English German |
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Ithaca, N.Y. :
Cornell University Press : Cornell University Library,
2010.
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| Series: | Signale (Ithaca, N.Y.)
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctt7v7cn |
Table of Contents:
- 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.