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The Myth of Metaphor
Published in Hardcover by University of South Carolina Press (1970)
Author: Colin Murray Turbayne
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Required Reading
This book analyzes the central role the metaphors play in human thought. Metaphors reveal and highlight certain
aspects as well as hide other aspects. As scientists we use theoretical models to understand the real world constantly. The
fact these models are metaphors is crucial to understanding many debates about the realism and lack thereof of scientific theories. I am surprised that the set of ideas contained in this book is so little known and discussed in academic circles. I
have not read them, but more recent books like Lakoff's Metaphors We Live By probably cover the same ground.

Metaphors for the Mind: The Creative Mind and Its Origin
Published in Hardcover by University of South Carolina Press (1991)
Author: Colin Murray Turbayne
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