Open AccessMetaforologie en rasionaliteit
Author(s) -
G.M.J. Van Wyk
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
hts teologiese studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.282
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2072-8050
pISSN - 0259-9422
DOI - 10.4102/hts.v51i4.1462
Subject(s) - rationality , metaphor , epistemology , perspective (graphical) , relation (database) , context (archaeology) , philosophy , sociology , linguistics , computer science , history , archaeology , database , artificial intelligence
Metaphorology and rationality In dialogue with the philosophers Foucault, Derrida, Babermas, Lyotard and Welsch, this study concentrates on broadening the context of research on metaphor from the philosophy of language to that of a contemporary critique of reason. The result of this approach is not only that metaphors are researched from within a new perspective, but also that the relation between metaphor and rationality is reviewed to the extent that it is demonstrated that rationality and even reality show a metaphorical structure at times