The role of metaphor in Leibniz's epistemology (Contributo in volume (capitolo o saggio))

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  • The role of metaphor in Leibniz's epistemology (Contributo in volume (capitolo o saggio)) (literal)
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  • 2008-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • Marras Cristina (2008)
    The role of metaphor in Leibniz's epistemology
    in Leibniz: What Kind of Rationalist?, 2008
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  • Leibniz: What Kind of Rationalist? (literal)
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  • 13 (literal)
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  • pp. 199-212 (literal)
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Titolo
  • The role of metaphor in Leibniz's epistemology (literal)
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  • Leibniz: what kind of rationalist?, M. Dascal et al. (Eds.). (literal)
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  • 978-1-4020-8667-0 (literal)
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  • Dascal, Marcelo (literal)
Abstract
  • [Introduction] In the 17th century, cabinets of rarities fulfilled the role of encyclopedias, for they collected and organized knowledge in such a way that they performed a didactic function. The advent of public museums sponsored by the patrons of scientific research helped to overcome the idea that research is a private endeavor, inaccessible to most people. The criteria for the classification of knowledge used in such institutions responded to a new demand: To insert things in nature, rather than just displaying them, thereby highlighting the interconnections between the different fields of knowledge. Leibniz contributed significantly to the elaboration of these new ideas, and he worked hard to promote the diffusion and the availability of knowledge. On the one hand, with his idea of an encyclopedia, he contributes not only to a classification of the mare magnum of knowledge, but he also highlights the interconnections between the different fields of knowledge. He follows the predominant tendency of his time, which views precise definitions of all terms as a sine qua non for rigorous scientific and philosophical discourse. He was one of themost tireless promoters of a universal language as an instrument of research and as a shared medium of communication between scholars. On the other hand, however, the writings of Leibniz show an innovative use of language, flexible, open, and complementing his work on formal languages and notations. In particular, metaphor is used by Leibniz as a powerful and efficient argumentative strategy, side by side with strictly logical argumentation. In this paper, I will analyze the field of \"aquatic metaphors\" with particular attention to the ocean. In fact, the ocean metaphor plays a significant role in Leibniz's conceptualization of the problems, goals and reforms he proposes in the domain of knowledge, and, beyond epistemology, it is also involved in Leibniz's conceptualization of some central concepts of his metaphysics. I choose to analyze these metaphors mainly for two reasons. First, because the ocean metaphor allows Leibniz to overcome the tension between two different positions toward knowledge, which are expressed in the tradition through the use of other metaphors like the metaphors of the tree, the forest or the labyrinth. The first stresses the concept of unity, the latter two, the concept of multiplicity. All these metaphors suggest a hierarchical and rigid classification of knowledge. Second, because Leibniz's choice and use of the ocean metaphor for defining knowledge confirms, in my opinion, the fact that his approach to knowledge is also reflected in his use of language. I have divided my paper into three parts. In the first part, I will summarize the properties belonging to the source - ocean - and to the target - knowledge. In the second part, I will use these properties in order to reconstruct first the Leibnizian concept, map, organization, and management of knowledge; and, second, I will reconstruct the cooperative and communicative connections between those involved in producing and using knowledge by connecting and blending the properties belonging to the metaphor-domain that has as source \"ocean\" and as target \"knowledge\". In particular, I will focus on the Encyclopedia, Leibniz's main project of knowledge organization. In the last part, focusing on the blend, I will highlight the pluri-multidimensional aspect evoked by the aquatic metaphors in the domain of knowledge, which shows the role of metaphor as a structuring principle of Leibniz's epistemology. [segue] (literal)
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