VIII. Terminologization of a Metaphor: From ‘Verisimilitude’ to ‘Probability’

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. A Note on the Translation vii
4. Introduction 1
5. I. Metaphorics of the ‘Mighty’ Truth 6
6. II. Metaphorics of Truth and Pragmatics of Knowledge 13
7. III. A Terminological and Metaphorological Cross Section of the Idea of Truth 31
8. IV. Metaphorics of the ‘Naked’ Truth 40
9. V. Terra Incognita and ‘Incomplete Universe’ as Metaphors of the Modern Relationship to the World 52
10. VI. Organic and Mechanical Background Metaphorics 62
11. VII. Myth and Metaphorics 77
12. VIII. Terminologization of a Metaphor: From ‘Verisimilitude’ to ‘Probability’ 81
13. IX. Metaphorized Cosmology 99
14. X. Geometric Symbolism and Metaphorics 115
15. Translator’s Afterword 133
16. Index of Names 147
17. Subject Index 151