ABSTRACT

This book opens up a new route to the study of knowledge dynamics and the sociology of knowledge. The focus is on the role of metaphors as powerful catalysts, and the book dissects their role in the construction of theories of knowledge. It is of vital interest to social and cognitive scientists alike.

chapter |5 pages

Metaphors and the dynamics of knowledge

Preliminary thoughts

chapter |22 pages

‘Struggle for existence'

Selection, retention and extinction of a metaphor

chapter |43 pages

The order of meaning

The career of chaos as a metaphor