Cosa “significa” una metafora? Davidson e le Teorie Neodavidsoniane sulla metafora

Abstract

In this paper I will discuss Davidson's theory of metaphor and the neodavidsonian theories of metaphor. I will show points of force and points of weakness of this kind of account of metaphor and I will propose a synthetic perspective on metaphor that brings together "imagistic theories of metaphor" with "cognitive theories of metaphor".