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4 So in Black: in some cases "it would be more illuminating [...] to say that
the metaphor creates the similarity than to say it formulates some similarity
antecedently existing", to the extent that even "absurd" conjuctions of
words become intelligible in a metaphor. See, Black, op.cit., p. 37.
5 Hesse, op.tit., p. 161.
6 Hesse, ibid., p. 170.
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9 For a discussion of the differences between the two types of metaphors, see
Boyd, op.citpp. 361-63.
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12 Darwin, C., The Essay (1842), in: Darwin., F., The Foundations of the Ori-
gin of Species (1909), p. 6.
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In the literal sense of the word, no doubt natural selection is a false term."
causes "dropped" in (iii) and (iv) to change meaning and displays that semantic
dominance is explanatory."
19 Ibid., p. 49.
20 Schon, D. A., op.at., p. 68.
21 Ibid., p. 59.
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12. What is Wrong with Talking of Metaphors in Science? 321
Macro level
transposition
interpretation displaced
Displacement
correction concept
spelling out
Micro level
analogical rules