Reconstruction of Metaphors in Argumentation : a Case Study of
Lincoln’s Metaphor of “Swapping Horses While Crossing a Stream”

J 2014

Reconstruction of Metaphors in Argumentation : a Case Study of Lincoln’s Metaphor of “Swapping Horses While Crossing a Stream”

SVAČINOVÁ, Iva

Basic information

Original name

Reconstruction of Metaphors in Argumentation : a Case Study of Lincoln’s Metaphor of “Swapping Horses While Crossing a Stream”

Name in Czech

Rekonstrukce metafor v argumentaci : případová studie Lincolnovy metafory "výměny koně uprostřed proudu"

Authors

SVAČINOVÁ, Iva (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Cogency: Journal of Reasoning and Argumentation, 2014, 0718-8285

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

Country of publisher

Chile

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/14:00079593

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords in English

AMT model; endoxon; metaphor; pragma-dialectics; strategic maneuvering

Abstract

V originále

The paper deals with the possibilities of reconstruction of metaphors as a means of argumentation provided by pragma-dialectics. In the case of Lincoln’s famous statement, in which he uses the metaphor of “swapping horses while crossing a stream” for replacing the President, two methods of the reconstruction currently under consideration are first introduced: metaphor as an argument by analogy in the “standard” model of pragma-dialectics and as a presentation device in pragma-dialectics extended by the concept of strategic maneuvering. Then, a competing reconstruction of Lincoln’s metaphors in the Argumentum Model of Topics (AMT) is presented, which is based on the development of the pragma-dialectical concept of material and procedural starting-points. Lincoln’s argument is reconstructed as a complex argument, where the metaphor figures as a sub-argument using locus from analogy that is used to support a datum in the main branch of the argument. This reconstruction is compared with previous solutions, and benefits of AMT are presented: the transparency of the captured argument structure and a more complex view on the strategic function of metaphor. For research of the strategic function of metaphor, the concept of keyword and the results of the research of the interaction between datum and endoxon are used. It is proposed to consider metaphor as a lexical unit used to identify a keyword.

Links

MUNI/A/0803/2013, interní kód MU

Name: Proměny a konstanty soudobé filozofie

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A

Citovat

SVAČINOVÁ, Iva. Reconstruction of Metaphors in Argumentation : a Case Study of Lincoln’s Metaphor of “Swapping Horses While Crossing a Stream”. Cogency: Journal of Reasoning and Argumentation. 2014, vol. 6, No 2, p. 67-89. ISSN 0718-8285.

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SVAČINOVÁ, Iva. Reconstruction of Metaphors in Argumentation : a Case Study of Lincoln’s Metaphor of “Swapping Horses While Crossing a Stream”. \textit{Cogency: Journal of Reasoning and Argumentation}. 2014, vol.~6, No~2, p.~67-89. ISSN~0718-8285.

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