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Full Idea
According to non-cognitivists there is no such thing as metaphorical meaning. …The effects on the hearer are induced directly via the literal meaning of the metaphor.
Gist of Idea
Non-cognitivist views of metaphor says there are no metaphorical meanings, just effects of the literal
Source
Ofra Magidor (Category Mistakes [2013], 3.5)
Book Ref
Magidor,Ofra: 'Category Mistakes' [OUP 2013], p.73
A Reaction
[This is said to be Davidson's view] I wonder how many people defended some explicit 'metaphorical meaning', as opposed to connotations that accumulate as you take in the metaphor? Any second meaning is just a further literal meaning.
Related Idea
Idea 18026 Maybe a metaphor is just a substitute for what is intended literally, like 'icy' for 'unemotional' [Magidor]