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Comprehension and Metaphor in “Experiencing and the Creation of Meaning” (Gendlin, 1962/1997)
Please note that, although often misunderstood, “metaphor” in the seven functional relationships in "Experiencing and the Creation of Meaning" (Gendlin, 1962/1997) is not a relationship on the part of the inventor of the metaphorical expression, but only on the part of the reader or listener.
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“Metaphor” ... really occurs only when one reads or hears a metaphor. On the other hand, the poet himself is in a different position. ... To invent a metaphor to express a prior felt meaning is “comprehension.” (Gendlin, 1962/1997, p. 117)
Explication and comprehension both seek symbolization for a given felt meaning. Thus, comprehension relates to metaphor as “explication” relates to “recognition.” (Gendlin, 1962/1997, p. 127)
So I could summarize, as follows:
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References
Gendlin, E. T. (1962/1997). Experiencing and the creation of meaning: a philosophical and psychological approach to the subjective (Paper ed.). Northwestern University Press.
Gendlin, E.T. (1995). Crossing and dipping: some terms for approaching the interface between natural understanding and logical formulation. Minds and Machines, 5 (4), 547-60.
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