Models And Metaphors

Download or read book Models and Metaphors written by Max Black and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-30 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the range is wide (philosophy of language, logic, philosophy of science) in this collection of essays, there is a certain unity of treatment arising from the author's steady interest in using "linguistic analysis" to cast some new light on old problems, such as the nature of logic, causation, and induction.

Download or read book Models, Metaphor and Meaning written by Joe R Danielewicz and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2020-05-09 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to develop a philosophy of data & information. The book builds on some of the themes of William Kent's, Data and Reality (Kent 2012). The book examines some traditional and contemporary theories of meaning from philosophy and borrows from some contemporary linguistic research regarding the importance of metaphor in human cognition. By examining the philosophy of data and information the reader will come away with a new appreciation of how data models are used to communicate the intent of the designers of information systems.

Download or read book Models and Metaphors in Language Teacher Training written by Tessa Woodward and published by . This book was released on 1991-01-25 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aimed at trainers of foreign language teachers, teachers who run training sessions, and teachers' self-help groups. Two areas are addressed - one is content, that is what information, skills or knowledge you want to pass on, the other is process, which is how the content is elicited or acted upon.

Download or read book Metaphor and Analogy in the Sciences written by F. Hallyn and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2000-10-31 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of papers contains historical case studies, systematic contributions of a general nature, and applications to specific sciences. The bibliographies of the contributions contain references to all central items from the traditions that are relevant today. While providing access to contemporary views on the issue, the papers illustrate the wide variety of functions of metaphors and analogies, as well as the many connections between the study of some of these functions and other subjects and disciplines.

Download or read book The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Science written by Peter Machamer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presentsa definitive introduction to the core areas of philosophy of science.

Download or read book Metaphor and Thought written by Andrew Ortony and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-11-26 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metaphor and Thought, first published in 1979, reflects the surge of interest in and research into the nature and function of metaphor in language and thought. In this revised and expanded second edition, the editor has invited the contributors to update their original essays to reflect any changes in their thinking. Reorganised to accommodate the shifts in central theoretical issues, the volume also includes six new chapters that present important and influential fresh ideas about metaphor that have appeared in such fields as the philosophy of language and the philosophy of science, linguistics, cognitive and clinical psychology, education and artificial intelligence.

Download or read book Understanding Change written by Andreas Wimmer and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past two decades, new models and methodologies for understanding processes of change have been developed in the natural sciences, economics and the social sciences: chaos theory and new evolutionary theory, path dependency and neo-institutional economics, the theories of multilinear modernization and historical institutionalism. All six paradigms contain notions of non-linearity, partial determination, and irreversibility. What can the different disciplines learn from each other in better grasping and explaining complex forms of change in the contemporary natural, economic and social world? How far can models, methodologies and metaphors that have been used successfully in one disciplinary field be "exported" and meaningfully applied in others fields? Each model is here presented by a main article and then discussed by representatives of the other two disciplinary fields exploring the possibilities of cross-disciplinary borrowing and exchange. This highly integrated volume represents a rare example of a successful cross-disciplinary dialogue, with a stellar list of authors directly addressing each others' contributions.