МЕТАФОРИКА НА ПОЗНАНИЕТО?
Metaphorics of Cognition?
Author(s): Andrey LeshkovSubject(s): Philosophy, Studies of Literature, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Special Branches of Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, Theory of Literature
Published by: Институт по философия и социология при БАН
Keywords: aesthetics; Blumenberg; cognition; meaning; sense; Merleau-Ponty; metaphor; metaphorology; ontology; philosophy
Summary/Abstract: The article aims to present Maurice Merleau-Ponty's philosophy, mainly as documented in the writings of his last period, as essentially metaphorical. The au-thor studies this French philosopher's conception, which is based on the idea that metaphorization embodies a peculiar mode of cognition that possesses a philosophical dignity of its own. It is suggested that the metaphor provides an effective door to a proper understanding of the ontology of cognition as determined by the ontology of the flesh. The author maintains that what Merleau-Ponty means by Being and being cannot be understood without seriously taking into consideration metaphorics as a form of cognizing in the proper sense of the term. This approach to metaphorics should further clarify the idea of „sensible concepts“ in his work.
Journal: Философски алтернативи
- Issue Year: XXV/2016
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 13-19
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English, Bulgarian
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