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Metaphors of Mind
Metaphors of Mind seeks to help readers understand human intelligence as viewed from a variety of standpoints, such as those of psychology, anthropology, computational science, sociology, and philosophy. Much of the present confusion surrounding the concept of intelligence stems from our having looked at it from these different standpoints without considering how they relate to each other or how they might be combined into a unified view that goes beyond the boundaries of a particular discipline. Readers of Metaphors of Mind will come away with a comprehensive understanding of the concept of intelligence and how ideas about it have evolved and are continuing to evolve.
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Logic of Metaphor
1. Metaphors and Logic Metaphors are among the most vigorous offspring of the creative mind; but their vitality springs from the fact that they are logical organisms in the ecology of l- guage. I aim to use logical techniques to analyze the meanings of metaphors. My goal here is to show how contemporary formal semantics can be extended to handle metaphorical utterances. What distinguishes this work is that it focuses intensely on the logical aspects of metaphors. I stress the role of logic in the generation and int- pretation of metaphors. While I don't presuppose any formal training in logic, some familiarity with philosophical logic (the propositional calculus and the predicate c- culus) is helpful. Since my theory makes great use of the notion of structure, I refer to it as the structural theory of m etaphor (STM). STM is a semant ic theory of m etaphor : if STM is correct, then metaphors are cognitively meaningful and are n- trivially logically linked with truth. I aim to extend possible worlds semantics to handle metaphors. I'll argue that some sentences in natural languages like English have multiple meanings: "Juliet is the sun" has (at least) two meanings: the literal meaning "(Juliet is the sunkIT" and the metaphorical meaning "(Juliet is the sun)MET". Each meaning is a function from (possible) worlds to truth-values. I deny that these functions are identical; I deny that the metaphorical function is necessarily false or necessarily true.
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Monograph of the Spathidiida (Ciliophora, Haptoria)
The present monograph carefully revises the taxonomy, nomenclature, and ecology of all nominal species of spathidiids and shows that spathidiid diversity has been greatly underestimated. Based on the reinvestigation of described species with modern methods and the first description of over 50 new species, the family Spathidiidae is split into four families and 20 genera. Each species is described and figured in detail. Two identification keys are provided.
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Logic of Metaphor
1. Metaphors and Logic Metaphors are among the most vigorous offspring of the creative mind; but their vitality springs from the fact that they are logical organisms in the ecology of l- guage. I aim to use logical techniques to analyze the meanings of metaphors. My goal here is to show how contemporary formal semantics can be extended to handle metaphorical utterances. What distinguishes this work is that it focuses intensely on the logical aspects of metaphors. I stress the role of logic in the generation and int- pretation of metaphors. While I don't presuppose any formal training in logic, some familiarity with philosophical logic (the propositional calculus and the predicate c- culus) is helpful. Since my theory makes great use of the notion of structure, I refer to it as the structural theory of m etaphor (STM). STM is a semant ic theory of m etaphor : if STM is correct, then metaphors are cognitively meaningful and are n- trivially logically linked with truth. I aim to extend possible worlds semantics to handle metaphors. I'll argue that some sentences in natural languages like English have multiple meanings: "Juliet is the sun" has (at least) two meanings: the literal meaning "(Juliet is the sunkIT" and the metaphorical meaning "(Juliet is the sun)MET". Each meaning is a function from (possible) worlds to truth-values. I deny that these functions are identical; I deny that the metaphorical function is necessarily false or necessarily true.
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Stabilität ebener Stabwerke nach der Theorie II. Ordnung Wölbkrafttorsion
Fur die Berechnung von Schnittlasten, Auflagerlasten und Verformungen ebener Stabwerke nach derTheorie II. Ordnung unter Berucksichtigung von Biegemoment- und Querkraftverformungen und der Langselastizitat der Stabwerksstabe werden in zwei Banden die theoretischen Grundlagen eines Berechnungsverfahrens und Zahlenwerte als Rechenhilfen fUr Zahlenrechnungen verOffentlicht. 1m vorliegenden Hauptwerk wird das Verfahren dargestellt, dem eine Reihe von Annahmen uber Belastung und Ausbildung ebener Stabwerke zugrunde liegt, auf Grund derer eine Berechnung dieser Stabwerke nach der Theorie II. Ordnung mit vertretbarem Rechenaufwand uberhaupt erst moglich wird. Daneben wird kurz beschrieben, wie nach diesem Verfahren kritische Be- lastungen ebener Stabwerke und Schnittlasten, Auflagerlasten und Verformungen verdrehungsbeanspruchter ebener Stabwerke unter Berucksichtigung der Verfor- mungen infolge der primaren (St. Venantschen) Schubspannungen und der sekun- daren (Wolb-)Schubspannungen ermittelt werden konnen (Analogiebetrachtung). Der Verfasser war um eine moglichst einfache und verstandliche Darstellung des Verfahrens bemuht. Er hielt es ferner fur zweckmaBig, die Anwendung des Verfahrens an einigen Zahlenbeispielen zu erlautern. Es sind im vergangenen Jahrzehnt verschiedene hervorragende Arbeiten auf diesem Gebiet erschienen. 1m Vergleich zu deren Zielsetzung ist dieses Buch in erster Linie auf die Bedurfnisse des praktisch tatigen Ingenieurs ausgerichtet. Herr Dipl.-Ing. GUNTER KRUGER hat das Berechnungsverfahren programmiert und die Zahlenbeispiele bearbeitet, wofUr an dieser Stelle gedankt sei. Dieser Dank gilt auch der DSD Dillinger Stahlbau GmbH, die hierfur ihre elektronische Rechenanlage (SIEMENS 4004/45) zur VerfUgung stellte und die den Verfasser bei der Anfertigung der Abbildungen dieses Bandes unterstutzte. FUr die gute Ausstattung des Buches ist der Verfasser dem Springer-Verlag in Wien besonders dankbar.
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Die Forstliche Statik
Die erste Auflage der vorHegenden Schrift war in zwei Bande ge- teilt, von denen der erste im Jahre 1905 - der zweite 1911 erschienen ist. Die ungleichzeitige Entstehung und die ungleichmaBige Behandlung einzelner Teile Hellen eine neue Bearbeitung der ganzen Schrift wiin- schenswert erscheinen. Es war meine Absicht, eine solche der Forst- akademie Tharandt zu ihrer Hundertjahrfeier (Juni 1916) zu widmen. Der Krieg machte jedoch diesen, wie so manchen anderen literarischen Arbeitsplan, Zu nichte. Die Schrift wurde auch jetzt noch nicht das Licht der Welt erblicken, wenn nicht im September d. J. eine Broschure von H. Honlinger erschienen ware, die den Titel fiihrt: "Die Tha- randter Forstakademie als Hemmschuh fur den Fortschritt (der end- gultige Niederbruch der Bodenreinertragslehre)". Hiergegen glaubte ich, soweit dabei meine Person in Frage kommt, nichts Besseres tun zu konnen, als diese der Forstakademie Tharandt gewidmete Schrift zu veroffentlichen und die Beurteilung, ob die darin niedergelegten Arbeiten einen Hemmschuh des Fortschritts bedeuten, den sachkundigen Fach- genossen zu uberlassen. "DaB man in jeder Art von Wirtschaft die Ertrage und Produk tionskosten gegeneinander abwagen mull, ist so selbstverstandlich, daB eine besondere Begriindung hierfur nicht erforderlich ist. Gleichwohl hat die forstliche Statik, welche diese Abwagung vornehmen solI, seither in der praktischen Betriebsfiihrung wenig Anwendung gefunden." Diese W orte, mit denen ich vor 12 Jahren die erste Auflage meiner Statik einleitete, konnen auch an die Spitze der vorliegenden zweiten gestellt werden.
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Understanding Metaphor through Corpora
This book introduces a unique methodology to the study of metaphor, integrating a corpus linguistic approach to explore the lexical, grammatical, semantic, and pragmatic characteristics of metaphoric instances of language. The volume questions the reliability of attempts to identify metaphor based on dichotomy and, drawing on data from a corpus of nineteenth-century writing, instead advocates for the notion that metaphoricity is context-dependent and fluid, in relation to the respective social and discourse contexts in which metaphors can be found. The book also applies Lexical Priming Theory to metaphoric language to suggest that our use of metaphor is due to unconscious behaviors, a counterpoint to perspectives that see metaphor use as part of the creative process. Taken as a whole, the volume calls for a deeper investigation of the complex web of meaning senses that contributes to our understanding of metaphor, making this key reading for students and researchers in corpus linguistics, metaphor studies, lexicography, semantics, and pragmatics.
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Enigma of Metaphor
This book deals with the complicated realm of metaphor, an enigma deeply embedded in language and cognition. There has been much discussion of metaphor in the past, but it was characterized by a certain fragmentation and lacked interdisciplinarity. In this field of study, the dominance of Cognitive Linguistics, epitomized by the Conceptual Metaphor Theory of George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, has caused the marginalization of alternative perspectives. To fill this gap, this book embarks on an interdisciplinary journey, inviting different theoretical frameworks to engage in a fruitful dialog. It navigates the labyrinth of theories and illuminates the nuanced facets of metaphor.At the center of this exploration are three central questions: whether metaphor belongs to the realm of style or thought, the intricate interplays between literal and metaphorical meanings and the integration of propositional and non-propositional elements in the construction of metaphorical meaning. Through a careful blend of historical analysis and contemporary hypotheses, the book unravels the complexities of metaphor, considering its evolution across the centuries and the myriad interpretations it evokes. By bringing together work from different fields, it ultimately shows that a definition of metaphor is theory-dependent and that metaphor is not a natural kind, but a complex and multifaceted philosophical concept whose study requires a multi-dimensional approach that transcends narrow theoretical boundaries. In this way, the book explores these considerations’ most important philosophical consequences and offers new insights into this fundamental aspect of human language.
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