Metaphor in the Anglo-American. Philosophical Tradition

Though we use and identify metaphor quite often, most of us are probably unaware of the fascination and perplexity that this particular use of language has generated among philosophers since Aristotle. In recent decades more than ever, metaphor has been recognized as a subject closely related to certain theoretical concerns of traditional importance to philosophy. In what follows, I provide a brief survey and assessment of a few of the more important perspectives on metaphor that have emerged..