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Voronina, O. A.
The Role of Gender Metaphors in the Philosophical Perception of the Reality
// Philosophy and Culture.
2011. № 11.
P. 47-58.
URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=58894
Voronina, O. A. The Role of Gender Metaphors in the Philosophical Perception of the Reality
Abstract:
The article is devoted to the usage of metaphors in philosophical texts. It is shown that apart from cognitive
function, metaphor also has the modeling function: it does not only form the perception, but also indicates the manner
and type of thinking. Special role is given to the basic metaphors which make a comparison between different systems
of concepts and frame the subject of the discourse. Such metaphors include sex/gender metaphors. Ever since the Ancient
world sex description have been used by the philosophers to describe and understand the reality. The idea that
the ‘rational’ beginning was somehow connected with the masculinity was introduced by the ‘founding fathers’ long
ago. If we include the male and female in the system of world perception as ontological formations, it will completely
change the primary natural and biological meaning of gender. The ‘gender’ metaphor is viewed as one of the bases
for a traditional Western type of rationality and as a factor which forms the culture.
Keywords:
philosophy, archetype, gender, culture, metaphor, cogitation, sex, rationality, symbol, human.
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