Metaphor of Existence
Seafaring and Shipwreck
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19370342 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lina Vidauskytė (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2017-04-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Filosofija. Sociologija (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0235-7186 • E-ISSN: 2424-4546 |
| Publisher | Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER • LT) |
| DOI | 10.6001/fil-soc.2017.28.1.2 |
| OpenAlex | W2773329118 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
The paper focuses on the metaphor of existence as a way of philosophical talking about life. Metaphorology was introduced by Hans Blumenberg (1920–1996), one of the most important and innovative thinkers of the 20th century. The works of Blumenberg fall generally within the category of the hermeneutics of metaphor. It is, for him, the question of substituting the study of the more hidden work of metaphors, symbols, and myths for the traditional history of concepts and doctrines. One can say there are two inextricable elements of Blumenberg’s thought: (1) a theory of nonceptuality as essential to philosophizing and (2) an exploration of culture understood as humanity’s unceasing attempts to relieve itself of the weight of the absolutism of reality. Metaphors play an important role in the philosophical language: they are not impediments to clear thinking and clear expression, but rather they are images, iconic constants used by philosophers. Metaphors are able to grasp the reality better than philosophical concepts. According to Blumenberg, metaphors are a kind of reality models, the work of human imagination. One of such models is the metaphor of seafaring/shipwreck and the present article focuses on multiple actualisations of the metaphor in Blumenberg’s philosophy
Epistemology · Linguistics · Metaphor · Sociology · Maritime Security and History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2023 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |