Preface to first edition; Preface; List of contributors; 1. Metaphor, language and thought ANDREW ORTONY; Part I. Metaphor and Meaning: 2. More about metaphor Max Black; Figurative speech and linguistics Jerrold M. Saddock; The semantics of metaphor L. Jonathan Cohen; Some problems with the notion of literal meanings David E. Rumelhart; Metaphor John R. Searle; Language, concepts, and worlds: Three domains of metaphor Samuel R. Levin; Observations on the pragmatics of metaphor Jerry L. Morgan; Part II. Metaphor and Representation: Generative metaphor: A perspective on problem-setting in social policy Donald A. Schon; The conduit metaphor: A case of frame conflict in our language about language Michael J. Reddy; The contemporary theory of metaphor George Lakoff; Process and products in making sense of tropes Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr; Metaphor, induction, and social policy: The Convergence of macroscopic and microscopic views Robert J. Sternberg, Roger Tourangeau, and Georgia; Part III. Metaphor and Understanding: Psychological processes in metaphor comprehension and memory Allan Paivio and Mary Walsh; The interpretation of novel metaphors Bruce Fraser; The role of similarity in similes and metaphors Andrew Ortony; Images and models, Similes and Metaphors George A. Miller; How Metaphors Work Sam Glucksberg and Boaz Keysar; Metaphor and irony: two levels of understanding Ellen Winner and Howard Gardner; Part IV. Metaphor and Science: The shift from metaphor to analogy in western science Dedre Gentner and Michael Jeziorski; Metaphor and theory change: What is 'metaphor' a metaphor for? Richard Boyd; Metaphor in science Thomas S. Kuhn; Metaphorical imprecision and the 'top-down' research strategy Zenon W. Pylyshyn; Part V. Metaphor and Education: The instructive metaphor: metaphoric aids to students' understanding of science Richard E. Mayer; Metaphor and learning Hugh G. Petrie and Rebecca S. Oshlag; Learning without metaphor Thomas F. Green; Educational uses of metaphor Thomas G. Sticht; References; Index.