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Federica Buongiorno; Giovanni Leghissa

Federica Buongiorno University of Florence
Giovanni Leghissa University of Turin

Abstract

From the moment the discursive practice of the philosopher emerged as a form of knowledge superior to all others, metaphor was seen as a mere aid to be resorted to when theory does not work the way it is supposed to work. There has never been a shortage, however, of those who considered the concept dimension incapable of saturating the sense dimension, making it possible to eliminate the metaphorical dimension altogether. It would be during the course of the 20th century that philosophical discourse would overcome any prejudice against figurativeness, the iconic, the narrative, integrating them as an integral part of philosophical argumentation. In this issue, reference will be made to a few authors useful in illustrating the scenario just outlined in a paradigmatic manner.

Author Biographies

Federica Buongiorno, University of Florence

Researcher at the University of Florence, where she teaches for the chairs of Theoretical Philosophy and Phenomenology of Technology. She is one of the creators and managers of the "Seminar of Theoretical Philosophy" and the "Permanent Seminar of Philosophy of Technology" at the same University. Alongside the phenomenology and philosophy of technology and the digital, her research interests touch on contemporary epistemology and theory of knowledge, contemporary feminist and ecological thought. She is a member of the editorial board of leading Italian philosophy journals.

Giovanni Leghissa, University of Turin

Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy and Educational Sciences, University of Turin. Editor of "aut aut", director of the online philosophy magazine "Philosophy Kitchen". He has taught philosophy at the Universities of Vienna, Trieste and at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Karlsruhe.

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