The Bridge Between the World and Cognition: A Comparison of the Use of Metaphor in Professional, Popular and Pedagogic Science

The strongest usage of metaphor in this poem is in the first stanza in the line “write their knees with necessary scratches”. While scratches cannot be written, words can, so this insinuates that children learn with nature, and that despite its fading presence in today’s urban structures, it is a necessary learning tool for children. The poet has used this metaphor to remind the reader of their childhood, and how important it is to not just learn from the confines of a classroom, but in the world outside. This leads to create a sense of guilt in the reader for allowing such significant part of a child’s growing up to disintegrate into its concrete surroundings. Although a positive statement within itself, this metaphor brings upon a negative

In Jeanne Fahnestock’s (1998) article “Accommodating Science: the rhetorical life of scientific facts”, she observes the distortions that occur when attempting to accommodate scientific discourse for a popular audience. Fahnestock cautions that although accommodating has its place in conveying scientific discoveries to the public, it is vital to evaluate how accommodating methods affect the accuracy of interpreting such discoveries. Through assessing the shift in genre, the shift in information and classical stasis theory, Fahnestock examines how scientific writings are altered through the process of accommodating.

Budge Wilson’s, The Metaphor, is a bildungsroman that blueprints Charlotte’s transition from a young, moldable girl into an independent woman through juxtaposition, allegory, and symbolism. Charlotte is an awkward seventh grader, who transforms into a well-round tenth grader before the eyes of the reader due to the influence of her teacher, Miss. Hancock. Her mother, calculated and emotionless, is the foil to Miss. Hancock’s wild, unorganized spirit. Charlotte finds herself drawn to Miss. Hancock, who her mother despises, which causes Charlotte internal strife. She pushes down her feelings, but through a traumatic experience, she discovers Miss. Hancock’s lessons are the ones her heart wants to live by, not her mother’s. Miss. Hancock and

Throughout the book, Ordinary People, Dr. Berger used many unorthodox methods of therapy to help Conrad. Dr. Berger was able to make Conrad feel comfortable being himself. He used methods that would work for his situation. He also shows the use of psychodynamic psychotherapy, were the problems lays under the surface and usually the client. Berger also used many metaphors about how Conrad was feeling and doing to hide his emotions.

What is Science? When it comes to the word ‘science’ most of the people have some kind of knowledge about science or when they think of it there is some kind of image related to it, a theory, scientific words or scientific research (Beyond Conservation, n.d.). Many different sorts of ideas float into an individual’s mind. Every individual has a different perception about science and how he/she perceives it. It illustrates that each person can identify science in some form. It indicates that the ‘science’ plays a vital role in our everyday lives (Lederman & Tobin, 2002). It seems that everyone can identify science but cannot differentiate it correctly from pseudo-science and non-science (Park, 1986). This essay will address the difference between science, non-science and pseudo-science. Then it will discuss possible responses to the question that what should we do when there is a clash between scientific explanation and non-scientific explanation. Then it will present a brief examination about the correct non-scientific explanation.

Reeves’ chapter on Metaphors in Science shows just how much we rely on metaphors to communicate complex topics. This chapter is an overview of how we would be unable to communicate or think without metaphors. Reeves gives eye-opening examples throughout the text and makes me realize how people fail to realize how often we rely on metaphors. She also discusses how metaphors aren’t a completely reliable source.

It is important to allow for the coexistence of universals and particulars. Science depends on an appreciation for particulars, but it also strives for broad

To what extend has language influenced the natural sciences? The language of a question could affect the

The figurative language school age children are able to use are similes, metaphors, hyperboles, idioms, irony and proverbs. A metaphor example can be a saying like, he is the apple of my eye. An example of a simile can be, free as a bird, where a comparison is being made with the use of like or as. Hyperboles are exaggerations for an effect or emphasis. An example of this is saying she is as thin as a toothpick. Idioms are expression that contain figurative and literal meaning, so is like saying high as a kite. Irony and also sarcasm are where a speaker’s intentions differ from the literal meaning of the word that was used. These two are different, so an example of irony is a person who is a traffic cop, and gets his license suspended because

For a long time in the 20th century, translation studies followed the linguistic tradition in assuming the notion of equivalence. Translation studies in the linguistic tradition have relied on the notion equivalence. Nowadays equivalence between words in a source text and a target language is also important but other requirements also need to be met. It is specifically apparent in translating scientific texts. One of the other criteria for translation is incorporation of the main ideas and broader meaning of the whole texts. The source text needs to be recognised and understood as a whole, not as sequence of sentences and paragraphs. It should concern the cultural

Other phrases throughout the first four pages use words like "nightmare", "destroy", "haunt", and "anguish" to attract readers to how seriously society takes awareness of science. These phrases get readers to feel the urgency of the views against science in society. The dark phrasing successfully shows that society has taken a responsible view against incorrect scientific application.

The field of a text is the basis of how we use language to represent subject matter (Humphrey, Droga, Feez, 2012, p13) through logical and experimental meanings that create the foundations of processes, participants and circumstances within a text. Text one uses processes found in an information report to provide biological information through mostly relating verbs such as ‘is, have, are found’, combined with action verbs to describe the events regarding the subject (e.g. live, eat, rest.), which majority are base forms. The use of action and

As the deep bond between science and daily life encouraged a greater interest in literature which explores the connection science,

Initially, the book points to the main objective of science education that is teaching for conceptual understanding. A concept is defined as variations of meaning that determine similarities and differences, and the frameworks through different events. To reach that goal, scientific societies are need to be convinced by the validity and reliability of this approach. One of the most persuasive strategies is setting a comparison between the traditional style of teaching which depends on teaching students by telling knowledge, and teaching by implementing scientific

This book, ‘What is this Thing called Science?’ is assigned to write a review on the third edition which was published in the year 1999, 1st February by University of Queensland Press. This book is reflects up to date with day today’s contemporary trend and gives a basic introduction on the philosophy of science. This is a very comprehensive book explaining the nature of science and its historical development. It is very informative and a necessary reference when attempting to understand the how science has evolved throughout time. The book is also well organized, and each chapter is concluded with suggestions for further reading. This book is actually a review on the philosophy of science.