I agree that one can't do science by metaphor but, as noted here by Cheerskep, metaphors help to elucidate information. And of course, I love metaphors simply because they often overstep the presumed limits of analogy and lead to new thoughts, however unruly and excessive.
I think the door reference was an analogy because it was conditioned by the thing it is compared to, being larger or smaller as "appreciation" was larger or smaller. A metaphor could, maybe should, retain equvialence in comparison but since it is more about one thing "as if" another and not simply one thing "like" another, it can include all the non-comparable attributes of the surrogate. Grammarians to the table, please. Michael? WC > > > Btw, that "appreciation is opening a door" thing > is an analogy, right? > Or maybe a metaphor? <g> > > | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | > Michael Brady > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
