Metaphors that govern our life

Within Philosophical Writing, A.P. Martinich states that there are a number of different tactics that are used in analytic writing. Martinich discusses the seven of the most important and widely used of these tactics: definitions, distinctions, analysis, dilemmas, counterexamples, reductive ad absurdum arguments, and dialectical reasoning. Intended for the purpose of this essay two of these tactics are elected for further explanation, and clarity; these are: definitions, and counterexamples. The writing tactic of definition …

…events and concerns in terms of space), and the container metaphor falls into ontological metaphors ( material in terms of material). . The characteristics of this metaphor are the amount of surface an argument can cover. This is clearly a counterexample tactic due to it is indeed in argument form and that it does conceal two premises that are counterexampl! es that bring a conclusion. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** "Metapors we Live By" Lakoff and JOhnson " Philisophical Writing" Martinich