Metaphors, religious language and linguistic expressibility
This paper examines different functions of metaphors in religious language. In order to do that it will be analyzed in which ways metaphorical language can be understood as irreducible. First, it will be argued that metaphors communicate more than just propositional contents. They also frame their t...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Springer Nature B. V
2023
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Année: 2023, Volume: 93, Numéro: 3, Pages: 239-258 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Métaphore
/ Philosophie du langage
/ Langage religieux
/ Conceptualisation
/ Dieu
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophie de la religion HA Bible VA Philosophie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Belief de re
B Panmetaphoricism B Religious Language B Metaphor |
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| Résumé: | This paper examines different functions of metaphors in religious language. In order to do that it will be analyzed in which ways metaphorical language can be understood as irreducible. First, it will be argued that metaphors communicate more than just propositional contents. They also frame their targets with an imagistic perspective that cannot be reduced to a literal paraphrase. Furthermore, there are also cases where metaphors are used to fill gaps of what can be expressed with literal language. In order to clarify this function of catachresis the notion of de re metaphors will be introduced. With those metaphors we can convey contents that we cannot conceptualize independently from a certain context of utterance. Hence, with such metaphors we can reach beyond the limits of our conceptual repertoire which is a crucial function for religious language. Finally, the consistency and plausibility of the radical position that all assertions about God are irreducibly and necessarily metaphorical if they are supposed to be true will be discussed on the basis of the results of the former considerations about the irreducibility of metaphors. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8684 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11153-023-09865-2 |