Why this book?
- Shows how metaphor transcends the boundaries of literature and plays a role in science.
- Examines important philosophical perspectives on metaphor, from classical theories to contemporary approaches.
- Explains the relationship between metaphor, scientific models, and analogy using historical examples.
- Helps the reader better understand the role of language in shaping scientific understanding of the world.
About the book
Metaphor in Truth is a philosophical inquiry into the place of metaphor in language and science. In this book, Hossein Dabbagh addresses the question of whether metaphor is merely a literary figure belonging to poetic language, or whether it is also considered part of the human cognitive process and the production of scientific knowledge.
The book is organized into four chapters. The author first examines metaphor in literature and the history of philosophy, then reviews important philosophical theories about metaphor, from substitution and comparison views to Max Black's interaction theory and the approaches of Davidson and Lakoff. Subsequently, the relationship between metaphor, models, and analogy in the philosophy of science is analyzed.
In the final section of the book, by examining examples from the works of Robert Boyle, Louis Pasteur, and Charles Darwin, Dabbagh shows how metaphors have aided the understanding and formulation of theories in the history of science. This book is suitable for researchers in the philosophy of science, philosophy of language, cognitive linguistics, and those interested in the relationship between language and thought.