Wisdom & Metaphor (Hardcover, 2nd Revised, Corrected ed.)

In the foreword to "Wisdom & Metaphor," Jan Zwicky observes that "those who think metaphorically are enabled to think truly, because the shape of their thinking echoes the shape of the world." "Wisdom & Metaphor" explores the ways we come to understand the world through analogical structures, and the relation of this form of knowing to conventional epistemology and ontology. Zwicky uses the nature of the book itself, with its facing pages, to create resonant structures of aphorism and quotation which allow the reader to experience the kind of thinking she describes. The author's wide-ranging influences, coupled with an understated, largely spatial, style of discourse, make this a remarkably original approach to long-standing questions about meaning and language. It offers a unique and compelling argument for the fundamental importance of metaphor to philosophy.

General

Imprint:	Brush Education
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	April 2014
First published:	April 2014
Authors:	Jan Zwicky
Dimensions:	215 x 136 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	304
Edition:	2nd Revised, Corrected ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-55059-565-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Philosophy of language Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Adult education Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Epistemology, theory of knowledge Promotions
LSN:	1-55059-565-2
Barcode:	9781550595659

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