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Metaphor and Moral Experience

A. E. Denham
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      Alison Denham examines the parallels between moral and metaphorical discourse, and the ways in which our engagement with literary art, and metaphorical discourse in particular, informs our moral beliefs. She suggests that there are three ways in which one's beliefs can be improved: if more of them are true, if more of them are warranted or justified, or if the warrant or justification for some of them is strengthened. So she considers whether and how such improvements can be made to moral beliefs, and what role metaphor can play. It is an integral aim of the work to discern to what extent moral and metaphorical discourse deserve to be regarded as cognitive at all. This involves investigating to what extent such discourses are capable of truth or falsehood, warrant or justification, and how it is that we understand moral judgements and metaphorical expressions. This investigation is founded on an account of the nature of value and of our experience of value.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: A. E. Denham EAN: 9780198240105 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 694 g HEIGHT: 242 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2000-07-20 CITY: GENRE: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy WIDTH: 163 cm SPINE:

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      Western philosophy from c 1800, Ethics and moral philosophy

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      Alison Denham is Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at St Anne's College, Oxford
      Alison Denham examines the parallels between moral and metaphorical discourse, and the ways in which our engagement with literary art, and metaphorical discourse in particular, informs our moral beliefs. She suggests that there are three ways in which one's beliefs can be improved: if more of them are true, if more of them are warranted or justified, or if the warrant or justification for some of them is strengthened. So she considers whether and how such improvements can be made to moral beliefs, and what role metaphor can play. It is an integral aim of the work to discern to what extent moral and metaphorical discourse deserve to be regarded as cognitive at all. This involves investigating to what extent such discourses are capable of truth or falsehood, warrant or justification, and how it is that we understand moral judgements and metaphorical expressions. This investigation is founded on an account of the nature of value and of our experience of value.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: A. E. Denham EAN: 9780198240105 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 694 g HEIGHT: 242 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2000-07-20 CITY: GENRE: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy WIDTH: 163 cm SPINE:

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      Western philosophy from c 1800, Ethics and moral philosophy

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      Alison Denham is Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at St Anne's College, Oxford

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