Metaphor and the Dynamics of Knowledge
1st Edition
Published on 21. December 2000
Book
Hardback
196 pages
978-0-415-20802-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book opens up a new route to the study of knowledge dynamics and the sociology of knowledge. The focus is on the role of metaphors as powerful catalysts, and the book dissects their role in the construction of theories of knowledge. It is of vital interest to social and cognitive scientists alike.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
464 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-20802-4 (9780415208024)
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Sabine Maasen | Peter Weingart
Metaphor and the Dynamics of Knowledge
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Sabine Maasen | Peter Weingart
Metaphor and the Dynamics of Knowledge
E-Book
01/2013
Routledge
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Persons
Maasen, Sabine; Weingart, Peter
Content
Metaphors and the dynamics of knowledge: preliminary thoughts. 1. Analysing knowledge dynamics, in general, and the role of metaphors, in particular 2. Metaphors as targets and tools in the analysis of knowledge dynamics 3. 'Struggle for existence': selection, retention and extinction of a metaphor 4. Of paradigms, shifts, and changes - the Kuhnian metaphor 5. The order of meaning: the career of chaos as a metaphor 6. Metaphors and the dynamics of knowledge