Metaphor and the Dynamics of KnowledgeThis book opens up a new route to the study of knowledge dynamics and the sociology of knowledge. The focus is on the role of metaphors as powerful catalysts, and the book dissects their role in the construction of theories of knowledge. It is of vital interest to social and cognitive scientists alike. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 14
Page
... (Luhmann 1980: 11). Outside Germany, sociology of knowledge differed slightly: in France, scholars like Durkheim, Mauss, and Lévy-Bruhl became interested in the social constitution of basic categories of knowledge (e.g., Durkheim and ...
... (Luhmann 1980: 11). Outside Germany, sociology of knowledge differed slightly: in France, scholars like Durkheim, Mauss, and Lévy-Bruhl became interested in the social constitution of basic categories of knowledge (e.g., Durkheim and ...
Page
... Luhmann will only be mentioned here, but dealt with in more detail later on. All those conceptions in sociology of knowledge have in common that they not only establish knowledge as an issue sui generis, but also they establish ...
... Luhmann will only be mentioned here, but dealt with in more detail later on. All those conceptions in sociology of knowledge have in common that they not only establish knowledge as an issue sui generis, but also they establish ...
Page
... Luhmann's theory of societal communication and relate it to his social theory where needed. Niklas Luhmann has given a new direction to sociology of knowledge by changing its basic pattern of explication from 'causality' to 'correlation ...
... Luhmann's theory of societal communication and relate it to his social theory where needed. Niklas Luhmann has given a new direction to sociology of knowledge by changing its basic pattern of explication from 'causality' to 'correlation ...
Page
... (Luhmann 1980: 19, 33). With respect to the analysis of current and short-term semantic 'evolutions', Luhmann's conception can be outlined as follows: modern society is characterized by the differentiation of functional subsystems such ...
... (Luhmann 1980: 19, 33). With respect to the analysis of current and short-term semantic 'evolutions', Luhmann's conception can be outlined as follows: modern society is characterized by the differentiation of functional subsystems such ...
Page
... Luhmann's parlance) is by no means excluded. This process of connecting and condensating is conceived of in terms of the varying, selecting, and stabilizing of systems of semantics – an evolutionary analogy we will turn to in Chapter 6 ...
... Luhmann's parlance) is by no means excluded. This process of connecting and condensating is conceived of in terms of the varying, selecting, and stabilizing of systems of semantics – an evolutionary analogy we will turn to in Chapter 6 ...
Contents
Metaphors as targets and tools in the analysis of knowledge dynamics | |
selection retention and extinction of a metaphor | |
Of paradigms shifts and changes the Kuhnian metaphor | |
the career of chaos as a metaphor | |
Chaos in contemporary social science discourses | |
Metaphor transfer discursive order out ofwithin chaos? | |
Metaphors and the dynamics of knowledge | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
application approach aspects assume become biology Bono Briggs and Peat chaos theory chaotic cited claim cognitive communication complex concept conceptual metaphor context culture Darwin’s theory Darwinian Dasein disciplines discourse analysis discourse-specific dynamics of knowledge economics epistemological ever-new everyday evolutionary example fields function German Hayles ideas ideology impact importing discourse individual interaction interdisciplinarity issue Journal Kampf metaphor Kampf ums Dasein knowledge dynamics Kuhn Kuhn’s Structure Kuhnian Kuhnian metaphor Lakoff language Luhmann Maasen meaning memes metaphor analysis metaphor transfer natural sciences nonlinear notion paradigm shift perspective philosophy political popular pragmatic produced psychology question realm reception role Science Citation Index Scientific Revolutions scientists selection semantics Social Darwinism Social Darwinist social sciences sociology of knowledge sociology of science specific SSCI Structure of Scientific struggle for existence term chaos term paradigm terms or phrases theoretical Thomas Kuhn units of knowledge usages Weingart world view