Models and Metaphors: Studies in Language and PhilosophyAuthor Max Black argues that language should conform to the discovered regularities of experience it is radically mistaken to assume that the conception of language is a mirror of reality. |
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Language and Reality | 1 |
Explanations of Meaning | 17 |
HII Metaphor | 25 |
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