Thinking of others : on the talent for metaphor /
Cohen, Ted.
Thinking of others : on the talent for metaphor / Ted Cohen. - Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, ©2008. - 1 online resource (x, 89 pages) - Princeton monographs in philosophy . - Princeton monographs in philosophy. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: The Talent for Metaphor; CHAPTER TWO: Being a Good Sport; CHAPTER THREE: From the Bible: Nathan and David; CHAPTER FOUR: Real Feelings, Unreal People; CHAPTER FIVE: More from the Bible: Abraham and God; CHAPTER SIX: More Lessons from Sports; CHAPTER SEVEN: Oneself Seen by Others; CHAPTER EIGHT: Oneself as Oneself; CHAPTER NINE: Lessons from Art; CHAPTER TEN: The Possibility of Conversation, Moral and Otherwise; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Conclusion: In Praise of Metaphor; Index.
In Thinking of Others, Ted Cohen argues that the ability to imagine oneself as another person is an indispensable human capacity--as essential to moral awareness as it is to literary appreciation--and that this talent for identification is the same as the talent for metaphor. To be able to see oneself as someone else, whether the someone else is a real person or a fictional character, is to exercise the ability to deal with metaphor and other figurative language. The underlying faculty, Cohen argues, is the same--simply the ability to think of one thing as another when it plainly is not. In an.
English.
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Metaphor.
Empathy.
Metaphor
Empathy
Métaphore.
Empathie.
metaphor.
empathy.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Rhetoric.
REFERENCE--Writing Skills.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Composition & Creative Writing.
PHILOSOPHY--Aesthetics.
Empathy.
Metaphor.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
PN228.M4 / C58 2008eb
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Thinking of others : on the talent for metaphor / Ted Cohen. - Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, ©2008. - 1 online resource (x, 89 pages) - Princeton monographs in philosophy . - Princeton monographs in philosophy. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: The Talent for Metaphor; CHAPTER TWO: Being a Good Sport; CHAPTER THREE: From the Bible: Nathan and David; CHAPTER FOUR: Real Feelings, Unreal People; CHAPTER FIVE: More from the Bible: Abraham and God; CHAPTER SIX: More Lessons from Sports; CHAPTER SEVEN: Oneself Seen by Others; CHAPTER EIGHT: Oneself as Oneself; CHAPTER NINE: Lessons from Art; CHAPTER TEN: The Possibility of Conversation, Moral and Otherwise; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Conclusion: In Praise of Metaphor; Index.
In Thinking of Others, Ted Cohen argues that the ability to imagine oneself as another person is an indispensable human capacity--as essential to moral awareness as it is to literary appreciation--and that this talent for identification is the same as the talent for metaphor. To be able to see oneself as someone else, whether the someone else is a real person or a fictional character, is to exercise the ability to deal with metaphor and other figurative language. The underlying faculty, Cohen argues, is the same--simply the ability to think of one thing as another when it plainly is not. In an.
English.
9781400828951 (electronic bk.) 1400828953 (electronic bk.) 9786612157752 6612157755
9786612157752
215775 MIL 22573/cttmsjg JSTOR C9E3E5A7-ADD8-4218-A60C-1074C25F872F OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
GBA8A5510 bnb
Uk
Metaphor.
Empathy.
Metaphor
Empathy
Métaphore.
Empathie.
metaphor.
empathy.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Rhetoric.
REFERENCE--Writing Skills.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Composition & Creative Writing.
PHILOSOPHY--Aesthetics.
Empathy.
Metaphor.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
PN228.M4 / C58 2008eb
808 22