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" The method of metaphor / "
Stanley Raffel
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BL
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647135
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Raffel, Stanley
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The method of metaphor /\ Stanley Raffel
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| Series Statement
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Culture, disease and well-being : the grey zone of health and illness series,
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147 pages ;; 23 cm
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9781783200146 (print)
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: 1783200146 (print)
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9781783201556 (ePDF)
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178320155X (ePDF)
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9781783201549 (ePub)
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1783201541 (ePub)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-147)
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| Contents
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Metaphor in Dante -- Metaphor in fairy tales -- Sontag's critique of metaphors -- Abortion -- Metaphors and the issue of incommensurability -- Israel and Palestine -- The problem of evil -- Tragedy vs comedy -- Teaching -- Oriented action -- Bad metaphors
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Proposes that the interminable nature of many controversies suggests there is a problem with the syllogism, a main tool of logic. Using examples from both literary material and current debates, argues that metaphors are not just aesthetic tools but can be used to judge phenomena
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Reasoning
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Metaphor
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Logic
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160
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BC177.R323 2013
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