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Ocean's philosophical images
Author(s) -
Givone Sergio
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
terra nova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.353
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-3121
pISSN - 0954-4879
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1995.tb00704.x
Subject(s) - adventure , metaphor , philosophy , representation (politics) , socratic method , value (mathematics) , epistemology , literature , art history , art , computer science , linguistics , politics , political science , law , machine learning
From early Greek cosmology and pre‐socratic thought to Kant, Nietzsche and the philosophy of existence, ‘ocean’ is a figure of the most relevant significance, in accordance with two different patterns: as mythical representation of the principle of the universe and as metaphor of the adventure of human knowledge. Now the question could be: do the philosophical images of the ocean have some value for modern science?