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Contents A Note on the Translation vii Introduction 1 I. Metaphorics of the ‘Mighty’ Truth 6 II. Metaphorics of Truth and Pragmatics of Knowledge 13 III. A Terminological and Metaphorological Cross Section of the Idea of Truth 31 IV. Metaphorics of the ‘Naked’ Truth 40 V. Terra Incognita and ‘Incomplete Universe’ as Metaphors of the Modern Relationship to the World 52 VI. Organic and Mechanical Background Metaphorics 62 VII. Myth and Metaphorics 77 VIII. Terminologization of a Metaphor: From ‘Verisimilitude’ to ‘Probability’ 81 IX. Metaphorized Cosmology 99 X. Geometric Symbolism and Metaphorics 115 Translator’s Afterword. Metaphorology: A Beginner’s Guide 133 Index of Names 147 Subject Index 151 ...

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