Meaning Through Metaphor

Analogy as Epistemology

Bibliographic Data

ID8375211
AuthorsDavid N Livingstone, David Livingstone (0000-0002-3973-0620, Queen's University Belfast), Richard Harrison (0000-0002-0154-0039, Queen's University Belfast), Richard T Harrison
Year1981
Volume71
Issue1
Pages95-107
Publication date1981-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnals of the Association of American Geographers (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0004-5608 • E-ISSN: 1467-8306
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-8306.1981.tb01343.x
OpenAlexW1979159673
LanguageEN
Citations received42
References cited11

The role of imagination in geographical philosophy and theory is demonstrated by an examination of the function of analogical thinking in scientific investigation. Specifically, the interrelationships between metaphorical usage and mythic understanding and the development of models is elucidated through an analysis of the metaphor-myth-model nexus. The contribution of organicistic models of society to geographical investigation is shown to rely upon metaphor and to generate myth. Erected on this foundation, the Turnerian frontier hypothesis, itself premised on and creating myth, has been reconceptualized to fit both the space-time continuum, in the analysis of nighttime urban society, and the experience of the black inner city. Since the investigation of the unknown can only be conducted with open-ended concepts, the “flight of imagination'’is an indispensable element in geographical epistemology

Analogy · Epistemology · Frontier · Function (biology) · Linguistics · Meaning (existential) · Metaphor · Mythology · Political science · Sociology · Impact of Light on Environment and Health · Law · Night-time city culture · Philosophy · Urban Transport and Accessibility

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