Definitely worth reading if you're a linguist/philosopher
This book aims to analyze and explain the role of metaphors not only in linguistics but also in Western philosophy. The way we speak reflects our conceptual understanding of the world around us, be it physical or cultural experience. Basically,metaphors enable us to express one thing in terms of another, therefore they are more than just a mere linguistic expression, but rather expressions of human thought processes.The authors make their point by means of numerous examples before getting to the issue of absolute truth. They debunk the myth of objectivism as well as subjectivism and offer their own alternative of experientialism which claims that truth is always relative to understanding and based on a non-universal conceptual system,i.e. culture-dependent. It emphasises that meaning is always meaning to a person and understanding emerges from interaction with the environment and other people. Definitely worth reading if you are a linguist/philosopher.
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