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African(a) and South Asian Philosophies
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Episode 5: A Yogācāra Buddhist Theory of Metaphor and cross-cultural philosophy with Dr. Roy Tzohar

In this episode, MPhil Buddhist Studies students Cody Fuller and alicehankwinham interview Professor Tzohar (associate professor in the East and South Asian Studies Department at Tel Aviv University).
Linguamania

How do metaphors shape our world?

We tend to think of metaphors as poetic language, but we actually use them all the time in our everyday speech. But how do metaphors in different languages work? And can the metaphors we use affect our thinking?
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Humanities and Science: Representing Science

An interdisciplinary discussion exploring the many possible approaches to representing science through the arts, as well as potential challenges
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Tropes of Comparison

Katrin Kohl on metaphors of comparison, Ami Li on temporality and interpretive contexts, Carole Bourne-Taylor on Michel Deguy.
St Anne's College

Metaphor and Synesthesia: Some Considerations on Expressive Blending

April Pierce, DPhil Researcher at St Anne's College, Oxford, gives a talk on Metaphor and Synesthesia, a neurological condition.
Metaphor: Philosophical Issues

4. Metaphor and Art

James Grant, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Oxford, discusses the use of metaphor to describe music and other artworks.
Metaphor: Philosophical Issues

3. Speaking in Metaphor

James Grant, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Oxford, discusses the question of how we succeed in communicating to others with metaphor. He also examines the question of whether all metaphors can be paraphrased.
Metaphor: Philosophical Issues

2. How Metaphors Mean

James Grant, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Oxford, discusses different theories about what gives metaphors the special meaning or content they have.
Metaphor: Philosophical Issues

1. What Metaphors Mean

James Grant, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Oxford, introduces some of the key concepts in discussions of metaphor in the philosophy of language.

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