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SBL 2013 Papers on the Bible Sense Lexicon
I know I’m a little late getting around to it, but if anyone is interested in a bit more of the technical detail behind the Bible Sense Lexicon, which I worked on with Logos between the start of 2012 and the end of 2013, my two SBL papers related to the project are HERE and…
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Examining a metaphor with the Bible Sense Lexicon
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“Analogy” vs. “metaphor”
In one of the SBL sessions I attended this week, one of the papers led to questions about whether it was meaningful to switch from using the word “metaphor” to using “analogy.” In other words, is there a distinction between?: The psalmist uses the metaphor ”the Lord is my rock.” The psalmist uses the analogy ”the Lord is my…
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Hobbes on metaphor #fail
Came across this massive fail by Hobbes to rage against metaphor in Hofstadter and Sander’s Surfaces and Essences and thought it interesting: To conclude, the light of humane minds is perspicuous words, but by exact definitions first snuffed, and purged from ambiguity; reason is the pace; increase of science, the way; and the benefit of mankind, the…