The Myth of Metaphor
Intro -- DEDICATION -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART ONE - FINDING THE METAPHOR -- CHAPTER I - The Nature of Metaphor -- 1. Using Metaphor -- 2. Being Used by Metaphor -- CHAPTER II - Analysis and Synthesis -- 1. Foreword -- 2. Analysis and Synthesis -- 3. Descartes -- 4. Newton -- 5. "The Sciences now have Masks on them" -- 6. "If the Masks were taken off..." -- 7. Replacing the Masks -- CHAPTER III - New Metaphors for Old -- 1. Retrospect -- 2. Recognizing Hidden Metaphor -- 3. Presenting the Literal Truth -- 4. The Geometrical Model -- 5. The Linguistic Model -- PART TWO - THE METAPHOR DESCRIBED AND APPLIED -- CHAPTER IV - Ordinary Language -- 1 Signs -- 2. How Different Things Get the Same Names -- 3. Definitions -- 4. Necessary Connection -- 5. Understanding Words -- 6. Functions of language -- 7. Errors in Language -- CHAPTER V - Visual Language -- I. The Problem of Vision -- 2. The Linguistic Solution -- 3. The Visual and Tactual Square -- 4. Learning to See Situation, Size, and Distance -- 5. Conclusion: Visual Data and Mind-Facta -- PART THREE - TESTING THE METAPHOR -- CHAPTER VI - The History of Vision -- 1. Seventeenth-Century Theories -- 2. Classical Optics -- CHAPTER VII - The Geometrical Model -- 1. Features of Geometrical Theories of Vision -- 2. Nativism and Empiricism -- 3. Ronchi's Theory -- CHAPTER VIII - Test Cases -- 1. The Barrovian Case -- 2. Ronchi's Criticisms -- 3. The Horizontal Moon -- 4. The Inverted Retinal Image -- Conclusion -- 1. Language or the Camera -- 2. Language or the Machine.