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Single Idea 18022
[filed under theme 19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / d. Metaphor
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Full Idea
The fact that most metaphors involve category mistakes is not a coincidence. …A big part of them is to do with connecting objects and properties that normally seem to belong to disjoint domains.
Gist of Idea
Metaphors tend to involve category mistakes, by joining disjoint domains
Source
Ofra Magidor (Category Mistakes [2013], 3.5)
Book Ref
Magidor,Ofra: 'Category Mistakes' [OUP 2013], p.66
A Reaction
Metaphysica poets took disjoint domains and 'yoked them together by violence', according to Dr Johnson.
The
14 ideas
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[using falsehoods to enhance understanding]:
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1692
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If you shouldn't argue in metaphors, then you shouldn't try to define them either
[Aristotle]
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7775
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Understanding a metaphor is a creative act, with no rules
[Davidson]
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7776
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Metaphors just mean what their words literally mean
[Davidson]
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7777
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We accept a metaphor when we see the sentence is false
[Davidson]
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19161
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We indicate use of a metaphor by its obvious falseness, or trivial truth
[Davidson]
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8861
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Hardly a word in the language is devoid of metaphorical potential
[Yablo]
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18024
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One theory says metaphors mean the same as the corresponding simile
[Magidor]
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18023
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Theories of metaphor divide over whether they must have literal meanings
[Magidor]
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18025
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The simile view of metaphors removes their magic, and won't explain why we use them
[Magidor]
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18026
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Maybe a metaphor is just a substitute for what is intended literally, like 'icy' for 'unemotional'
[Magidor]
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18028
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Gricean theories of metaphor involve conversational implicatures based on literal meanings
[Magidor]
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18029
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Non-cognitivist views of metaphor says there are no metaphorical meanings, just effects of the literal
[Magidor]
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18022
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Metaphors tend to involve category mistakes, by joining disjoint domains
[Magidor]
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18027
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Metaphors as substitutes for the literal misses one predicate varying with context
[Magidor]
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