1. Delle categorie (in print)
2. Dispense sulla metafora (when the course will start)
3. Geometric root of semantics (in Meaning and Cognition, J. Benjamins, 2000, pp. 169-201)
Learning Objectives
Starting from the main philosophical views about categories, the course deals with the formal version of the notion of category and leads to the analysis of metaphors as a cognitive resource
Prerequisites
No prerequisite
Teaching Methods
Lessons in classroom
Type of Assessment
Oral examinations
Course program
Aristotle's doctrine, based on 10 categories. The Stoic doctrine on 4 categories. Plotinus' criticisms to both doctrines. The Kantian system: the table of 12 categories. The relativisation of categories to different domains. The notion of schema. The mathematical theory of categories (CT). metaphorical schemes and their possible form in terms of CT.