Tim Rohrer
Biographic Data
| ID | 2312814 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tim Rohrer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tim |
| FAMILY NAME | Rohrer |
| SIGNATURE | ROHRER T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California San Diego |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Embodiment and Experientialism
The Cognitive Science of Metaphor from Philosophy to Neuroscience
In this paper I review some of the theoretical issues surrounding metaphor, and trace them through the context of the cognitive neuroscience debate. Metaphor, like all figurative language, has typically been explained as a secondary linguistic process which is a function taking place on literal language. However this explanation does not fit well with some of the recent work on right hemisphere processing of language or recent cognitive studies, …
Mimesis, artistic inspiration and the blends we live by
The Metaphorical Logic of (Political) Rape
The 1991 Persian Gulf War dramatically punctuated the importance of metaphor in everyday life and reasoning about politics. Did the Gulf situation more closely resemble Vietnam or World War II? One's choice of metaphor yielded different practical inferences about what the United States and the world community ought to do in response to the Iraqi invasion. Using the Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States series, I investigate the met…
To Plow the Sea
The metaphors used in the discourse of international politics are primarily those depicting centralized power through the "NATION IS A PERSON" metaphor. Regional peace is understood as an object that can be manipulated and constructed by those in power, but unpredictably because the cooperation of other nations is not ensured. Regional peace is also commonly understood as the stakes in a gambling contest, to be won or lost by the political player…
The Cognitive Science of Metaphor from Philosophy to Neuroscience
In this paper I review some of the theoretical issues surrounding metaphor, and trace them through the context of the cognitive neuroscience debate. Metaphor, like all figurative language, has typically been explained as a secondary linguistic process which is a function taking place on literal language. However this explanation does not fit well with some of the recent work on right hemisphere processing of language or recent cognitive studies, …
To Plow the Sea
The metaphors used in the discourse of international politics are primarily those depicting centralized power through the "NATION IS A PERSON" metaphor. Regional peace is understood as an object that can be manipulated and constructed by those in power, but unpredictably because the cooperation of other nations is not ensured. Regional peace is also commonly understood as the stakes in a gambling contest, to be won or lost by the political player…
The Metaphorical Logic of (Political) Rape
The 1991 Persian Gulf War dramatically punctuated the importance of metaphor in everyday life and reasoning about politics. Did the Gulf situation more closely resemble Vietnam or World War II? One's choice of metaphor yielded different practical inferences about what the United States and the world community ought to do in response to the Iraqi invasion. Using the Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States series, I investigate the met…
Mimesis, artistic inspiration and the blends we live by
The Cognitive Science of Metaphor from Philosophy to Neuroscience
In this paper I review some of the theoretical issues surrounding metaphor, and trace them through the context of the cognitive neuroscience debate. Metaphor, like all figurative language, has typically been explained as a secondary linguistic process which is a function taking place on literal language. However this explanation does not fit well with some of the recent work on right hemisphere processing of language or recent cognitive studies, …
Embodiment and Experientialism
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (4 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Metaphor (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)