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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Hans Blumenberg; Robert Savage |
ISBN: | 1501704354 9781501704352 |
OCLC Number: | 930303117 |
Description: | 152 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Metaphorics of the "mighty" truth -- Metaphorics of truth and pragmatics of knowledge -- A terminological and metaphorological cross section of the idea of truth -- Metaphorics of the "naked" truth -- Terra incognita and "incomplete universe" as metaphors of the modern relationship to the world -- Organic and mechanical background metaphorics -- Myth and metaphorics -- Terminologization of a metaphor : from "verisimilitude" to "probability" -- Metaphorized cosmology -- Geometric symbolism and metaphorics. |
Series Title: | Signale (Ithaca, N.Y.) |
Responsibility: | Hans Blumenberg ; translated from the German with an afterword by Robert Savage. |
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"Paradigms for a Metaphorology is a model of scholarly translation. Savage's handling of citations and sources is scrupulous and thorough.... And he provides judicious explanatory notes that work in conjunction with the afterword and Blumenberg's own notes to guide readers through Blumenberg's own reading and career. Finally, and most importantly, his English rendering is consistently accurate while also being, in the context of translations of German philosophy, remarkably readable.... In short, readers approaching Blumenberg's reflections on metaphor through the English language could not ask for a more reliable and helpful guide than this volume." -- David Adams * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews * Read more...

