Understanding Metaphors In The Life Sciences
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Understanding Metaphors in the Life Sciences
Author: Andrew S. Reynolds
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 2022-04-28
Introduces the diverse roles metaphors play in the life sciences and highlights their significance for theory, communication, and education.
Metaphor Wars
Author: Raymond W. Gibbs
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 2017-05-04
The study of metaphor is now firmly established as a central topic within cognitive science and the humanities. This book explores the critical role that conceptual metaphors play in language, thought, cultural and expressive actions. It evaluates the arguments and evidence for and against conceptual metaphors across academic disciplines.
Scenarios, Fictions, and Imagined Possibilities in Science, Engineering, and Education
This book presents the proceedings of the 24th International Conference Professional Culture of the Specialist of the Future. Professionals and experts in all fields need to be prepared to handle unfamiliar situations. Some of these are unexpected events that may occur quite suddenly out of the blue, and others may emerge in the course of technological development or predicted trends. In order to successfully confront the future, professionals therefore need to engage in hypothetical thinking as they entertain concrete scenarios or fictitious possibilities. Scientists and engineers lead the way when they employ thought experiments and systematically consider alternative realities. Educators come up with creative approaches to foster the “art of the as-if.” This highly interdisciplinary collection of 50 papers discusses the theoretical challenge of hypothetical thinking and presents practical strategies for its promotion.