Joey Serrano: Chapter 6: Metaphors, Symbol, and Analogy / Metaphor as Cognitive
Should it not be argued that we need to even look past the sentence and rather at the whole piece to completely understand the significance of a metaphor?
When talking about Ricœur’s emphasis on metaphor, Stiver says that “Metaphor has long been recognized as a literary device that enables us to depict well-known things in striking and focused ways; in other words, metaphor adorns what we already know in dashing new clothes Philosophically speaking, what is important about metaphor is that it can do more than embellish; it can direct us to what we have never seen before” (Stiver 117).
Because metaphor uses what we already know in a different way, the reader should …show more content…
How might this relate to God and the Biblical claim that when God speaks he also creates? Is it fair to apply Austin’s idea to this theological doctrine?
“He pointed out that in much ordinary language, words are employed for uses that are rarely limited to simple declaration of fact. He began by pointing out that some language clearly does not so much state something as do something” (Stiver 80). I believe that it is fair to apply Austin’s concept of language use to this principle. Not only is it fair, it is precisely what the Bible claims. Throughout the Bible, God speaks, and whatever he said came to be. In doing so, what he said became a fact.
Although this power isn’t only relegated to God or the mayor in the example. People like you and me have this. If our words did not have power, there would not have been any need to talk about the power of the tongue for most of James chapter 3. Proverbs 18:21 says that “death and life are in the power of the tongue.” In Matthew 12:37, Jesus that by our words will we be justified or condemn. So, while this concept applies to God creating and operating in the area of words, this concept applies to every one of us. Our words help change to come about in our own lives and the lives of
Should it not be argued that we need to even look past the sentence and rather at the whole piece to completely understand the significance of a metaphor?
When talking about Ricœur’s emphasis on metaphor, Stiver says that “Metaphor has long been recognized as a literary device that enables us to depict well-known things in striking and focused ways; in other words, metaphor adorns what we already know in dashing new clothes Philosophically speaking, what is important about metaphor is that it can do more than embellish; it can direct us to what we have never seen before” (Stiver 117).
Because metaphor uses what we already know in a different way, the reader should …show more content…
How might this relate to God and the Biblical claim that when God speaks he also creates? Is it fair to apply Austin’s idea to this theological doctrine?
“He pointed out that in much ordinary language, words are employed for uses that are rarely limited to simple declaration of fact. He began by pointing out that some language clearly does not so much state something as do something” (Stiver 80). I believe that it is fair to apply Austin’s concept of language use to this principle. Not only is it fair, it is precisely what the Bible claims. Throughout the Bible, God speaks, and whatever he said came to be. In doing so, what he said became a fact.
Although this power isn’t only relegated to God or the mayor in the example. People like you and me have this. If our words did not have power, there would not have been any need to talk about the power of the tongue for most of James chapter 3. Proverbs 18:21 says that “death and life are in the power of the tongue.” In Matthew 12:37, Jesus that by our words will we be justified or condemn. So, while this concept applies to God creating and operating in the area of words, this concept applies to every one of us. Our words help change to come about in our own lives and the lives of