List of scientific metaphors
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A list of the metaphor
ical use of scientific terms coined in the natural sciences and drawn to other contexts (philosophy, social sciences, linguistics, literature). Richard Honeck descriped three forms of scientific metaphores: "mixed scientific metaphor, the scientific metaphor theme, and the scientific metaphor that redefines a concept from a theory."
Metaphor
A metaphor is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea; e.g., "Her eyes were glistening jewels." Metaphor may also be used for any rhetorical figures of speech that achieve their effects via...
ical use of scientific terms coined in the natural sciences and drawn to other contexts (philosophy, social sciences, linguistics, literature). Richard Honeck descriped three forms of scientific metaphores: "mixed scientific metaphor, the scientific metaphor theme, and the scientific metaphor that redefines a concept from a theory."
- 1959 Valency (linguistics)Valency (linguistics)In linguistics, verb valency or valence refers to the number of arguments controlled by a verbal predicate. It is related, though not identical, to verb transitivity, which counts only object arguments of the verbal predicate...
, by Lucien TesnièreLucien TesnièreLucien Tesnière was one of the most prominent and influential French linguists.Tesnière was born in Mont-Saint-Aignan on May 13, 1893...
, from Valence (chemistry)Valence (chemistry)In chemistry, valence, also known as valency or valence number, is a measure of the number of bonds formed by an atom of a given element. "Valence" can be defined as the number of valence bonds...
(1789, by William HigginsWilliam Higgins (chemist)William Higgins , an Irish chemist, was one of the early proponents of atomic theory. Known mainly for his speculative ideas on chemical combination, William Higgins is popular for the insights his life offers into the emergence of chemistry as a career during the British industrial revolution...
) - 1973 Inductor, by Deleuze and Guattari, from Electromagnetic inductionElectromagnetic inductionElectromagnetic induction is the production of an electric current across a conductor moving through a magnetic field. It underlies the operation of generators, transformers, induction motors, electric motors, synchronous motors, and solenoids....
(1831, by Michael FaradayMichael FaradayMichael Faraday, FRS was an English chemist and physicist who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry....
) - 1980 Rhizome (philosophy)Rhizome (philosophy)Rhizome is a philosophical concept developed by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari in their Capitalism and Schizophrenia project...
, by Deleuze and Guattari, from botanical rhizome
Further reading
- Jacques DerridaJacques DerridaJacques Derrida was a French philosopher, born in French Algeria. He developed the critical theory known as deconstruction and his work has been labeled as post-structuralism and associated with postmodern philosophy...
(1982). White Mythology: Metaphor in the Text of Philosophy in Margins of Philosophy. Trans. Alan Bass. Chicago, University of Chicago PressUniversity of Chicago PressThe University of Chicago Press is the largest university press in the United States. It is operated by the University of Chicago and publishes a wide variety of academic titles, including The Chicago Manual of Style, dozens of academic journals, including Critical Inquiry, and a wide array of...
. - Derrida (1997) Sokal et Bricmont ne sont pas sérieux in Le MondeLe MondeLe Monde is a French daily evening newspaper owned by La Vie-Le Monde Group and edited in Paris. It is one of two French newspapers of record, and has generally been well respected since its first edition under founder Hubert Beuve-Méry on 19 December 1944...
, 20 November 1997, page 17. English translation in Derrida (2005) Paper Machine as "Sokal and Bricmont Aren't Serious" pp. 70–2