Self, logic, and figurative thinking

Fisher, Harwood

Self, logic, and figurative thinking [Texte imprimé] / Harwood Fisher - New York : Columbia University Press, cop. 2009 - 1 vol. (XVII-348 p.) ; 24 cm

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Introduction: Major terms, their classification, and their relation to the book's objective -- The problem of analogous forms -- Natural logic, categories, and the individual -- Shift to individual categories, dynamics, and a psychological look at identity -- Form versus function -- What is the difference between the logic governing a figure of speech and the logic that is immature or unconscious? -- What are the role and function of the self vis-à-vis consciousness? -- Development in the logic from immature to mature modes -- Pathological and defensive logical forms -- The "I," identity, and the part-whole resolutions -- The "I," entropy, and the trope

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Logic Figures of speech Self psychology

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