Article ID: CBB778702266

The pragmatic use of metaphor in empirical psychology (2022)

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Gabriel, Rami (Author)


History of the Human Sciences
Volume: 35
Issue: 3-4
Pages: 291-316
Publication date: 2022
Language: English


Metaphors of mind and their elaboration into models serve a crucial explanatory role in psychology. In this article, an attempt is made to describe how biology and engineering provide the predominant metaphors for contemporary psychology. A contrast between the discursive and descriptive functions of metaphor use in theory construction serves as a platform for deliberation upon the pragmatic consequences of models derived therefrom. The conclusion contains reflections upon the possibility of an integrative interdisciplinary psychology.

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Authors & Contributors
Maroscia, Paolo
Arata, Luis O.
Blancke, Stefaan
Fangerau, Heiner
Grayling, A. C.
Hall, Crystal
Journals
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
History of Psychiatry
History of Science
Interdisciplinary Science Reviews
Journal of the History of Ideas
Medizinhistorisches Journal
Publishers
UTET
Yale University
Cambridge University Press
Palgrave Macmillan
Purdue University Press
Springer
Concepts
Metaphors; analogies
Rhetorical analysis
Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge
Science and literature
Rhetoric in scientific discourse
Models and modeling in science
People
Darwin, Charles Robert
Galilei, Galileo
Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich
Poincaré, Jules Henri
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
19th century
17th century
20th century
20th century, early
Places
Soviet Union
Europe
Germany
Russia
Uganda
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