If one were trying to paint (or buy) a portrait of Mrs. Wolff, for example, and the portrait was considered finished when one could say "aha - that is Mrs. Wolff, and nothing could make it any more so" ---- that would seem to me to be an unequivocal example of "metaphorical thinking" as William has presented it.
Mrs. Wolf is part of the real world - and the artist is trying to make something that will stand-in for her. But what if someone were also trying to determine whether, at last, a "painting can present the look of the inevitable and resolved" ? Where is the metaphorical thinking ? What are the "as-if imaginings" ---- and for what, in the real world, are they stand-ins ?. Absent some non-tortuous explanation, this is why I believe that something other than metaphorical thinking can be involved: Thinking that tries to achieve and identify a quality without reference to anything else in the world.(i.e. issues of similarity or stand-in-ability are irrelevant). ____________________________________________________________ Get an Unsecured Loan - Fast and Low Cost. Click here! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/BLSrjnxUQ99SZwvXAWKvsYLAx1Bfro eFAVFjkNuNTINGhMIFBhACEbH1LKA/
