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33A New Model for MetaphorDialectica 37 (4): 285-301. 1983.Metaphors are expressions in artificial, contrived, alien languages, and we understand metaphors by constructing translation schemes linking our natural, literal languages to these theoretically contrived metaphorical languages. The relation between a literal natural language and a metaphorical contrived language is like the relationship between a natively known language and a system of subsequently acquired languages etymologically emerging from that basic natural language. This model for under…Read more
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10Connectionism and conditioningIn Terence E. Horgan & John L. Tienson (eds.), Connectionism and the Philosophy of Mind, Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 167--197. 1991.
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University of ArizonaProfessor
Polo Village, Arizona, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics of Mind |
Philosophy of Consciousness |
Intentionality |
Perception |
Mental States and Processes |