Metaphor and Knowledge
| Author | : Ken Baake |
| Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2012-02-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780791486740 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0791486745 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Metaphor and Knowledge by : Ken Baake
Download or read book Metaphor and Knowledge written by Ken Baake and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metaphor and Knowledge offers a sweeping history of rhetoric and metaphor in science, delving into questions about how language constitutes knowledge. Weaving together insights from a group of scientists at the Santa Fe Institute as they shape the new interdisciplinary field of complexity science, Ken Baake shows the difficulty of writing science when word meanings are unsettled, and he analyzes the power of metaphor in science.
