T h e R o l e o f H u m a n M e t a p h o r s on U r b a n T h e o r i e s a n d P r a c t i c e s vorgelegt v on Omid Vernoos, M. Sc. geb. in Teheran, Iran von der Fakultät VI - Planen Bauen Umwelt der Tec hnischen Universität Berlin zur Erlangu ng des akademischen Grades Doktor der Ingenieu rwissenschaften - Dr.-Ing. - geneh migte Dissertation Promotionsau sschuss: Vorsitzender: Prof. D r. -Ing. Und ine Giseke Gutach terin : Prof. Dr.-Ing. Angel a Million Gutach terin: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ma ra Pinardi Tag der wissenschaftlic hen Aussprac he: 22. N ovemb er 201 7 Berlin 201 8 Ac kno wle dgme nts I would like to expres s my sincere grati tude to my first supervisor Professor Angela M illion (Utt ke) for the continuous support of my PhD study and related research, and for her patience, motivation, and im mense knowledge. Her guidance helped me in all the time of research an d in the writing of this disser tation. I co uld not have i magined having a b etter supervis or and ment or for my PhD stud y. Besides my first supervisor, I would like to thank my second supervisor Profess or Mara P inardi fo r her insightful comments and enco uragement to widen my research. My sincere thanks also goes to Professor Seyed Javad Darabi, for without his precio us guides, it would not have been possible to conduct this resear ch. Special thanks to my late P rof essor Lorenzo Spagnoli and P rofes sor Maurizi o Caroselli whos e supp ort in the startin g year of my PhD was significant. La st bu t n ot lea st, I would like to thank my sister Floria for supporting me throughou t my PhD years and also during my previous academic studies. Ab stra ct Justifying the physical arran gement of the city by means o f human anal ogy has been done by philosophers, archi tects and urban ists, since the ancient Gree ks. Through the development o f science, especially the life sciences, this analog y has been br o adened an d the city has b een metaphoricall y considered as a living and growing organism. In this context, the metaphor has played a fundamental role as a cognitive de vice for transferr ing the human co ncepts to urban theo ries o r vice versa. The present study ai ms to understand why cities have been compared metaphori cally to the human and how it has been benefi cial to theorists, architects and urbanists. It is believed that the application of the human analogy in urbanism is helpful as a method of comparison for arguing urban theo ries and projects, and describi ng complex urban discourse. A chronologi cal study shows a parallel between the knowledge of the human and the dev elopment of anthr o pologi cal urban theories. Although the reflection of these two fields has been addressed by many writers, ther e is no comprehensi ve reference that compris es the promine nt related theories and practices. Four issu es prompt ed this study: The co mplexity of urban discourses and the lack of a universal theory of urbanism. These two - as th e main promoters - motivated the au thor to s tudy the anthropologic urban theories. From the very beginning, two problems aros e and became the prima ry concern of this re search: The absenc e of a compreh ensive study on anthropol ogic urban theori es and practices. Insuffici ent study on the sci ence of me taphor in the literature of arch itecture and urbanism. In o rder to find answers, the questions of this research were divided into three m ain elements: the first two being the city and the human. However, what may not be apparent as the third element is the term metaphor, which incorporates the other two. Providing an answer demand s put ting these elements in a meaningful order and establishing a relationship between them. In this research, the discussion of metaphor is co nsidered as the startin g point and a pla tform on which the other elements can be res olved. Since the discussi on of a nthropologic urban theori es and practices is fundamentally based on metaphorical expressions, it seems necessary to address the knowledg e of metaphor as a fundament al matter of this dissertati on. To that purpose, theorie s of metaphor, the application o f metaphor in architectural and urban contexts, and the features that make their use inevitable will be discussed. As case studies, the authors o f the m ost notable anthropol ogic urban theories an d practices, from Ancient Greece up to 1960 s, have been studied and includ ed in this dissertati on. Plato, Fran cesco di Giorgio Martini, P atrick Geddes, Le Corbusier, Lewis Mumford, Kenzo Tang e, Team 10 and the Metabolists w ere selected because they provided un ique, co mprehensive, methodical and inf erable theories or pro jects justifi ed by scien tific metaphors. In conclusion, the main st udies o f this research – metaphor and anthr opologic urban theories and practices – are unified. It will demonstrate that th e science of m etaphor plays an im portant role in understandin g and explaining urban issues. In this co ntext, human analogy as a metaphorical approach towards urbanism helps us deal with the concept o f the city in te rms of design, planning and complex urban discour se. Zus am men fas su ng Die vorliegend e Studie/Dissertati on befasst sich mi t dem Verständnis, warum die Stadt einem Vergleich durch Menschen unterliegt und wie Gelehrte, Architek ten und Städtep laner daraus einen Nutzen ziehen können. Man nimmt an, da ss die Ver wendung von menschlichen Analogien in de r Städteplanun g als hilfreic hes Mittel dien t, um st ädteplanerische Theorien und Projekt e zu vergleichen und zu erö rter n und komplexe städteplanerische Abhandlun gen vorzustellen. Sch on im antiken Griechenland erfol gte das Rechtfertigen des Aufbaus der Stadt anhand von menschlichen Analogien durch Philosophen, Architekten un d Städte planer. Durch F ortschritte in der Wissenschaf t, insbesondere in der Deutung des Lebens, könn en diese Analogien vertieft und die Stadt metaphorisch als lebender und atmender Organismus angesehen werden. In diesem Zusammenhan g hat die Metapher eine fu ndamentale Rolle als kogniti v e Methode gespielt , menschliche Konzept e in städteplaneris che Th eorien zu überführen und umgekehrt. Eine chronolog ische Studie zeigt Parallelen zwischen dem Wissensstand der Menschheit und dem Fortschrit t von anthrop ologischen Städtebauthe orien. Auch wenn sich bereits viele Wissenschaftler Gedanken über diese beiden Felder gemacht haben, gibt es noch keine umfassende wissenschaftlich e Quelle, welche die auffall end verwandten Th eorien und Praktiken, erwähnt. Diese Studie betrachtet vier Probleme. Di e ersten beiden sind die Komplexi tät von städteplaneris chen Abhandlun g und dem M angel an universellen Theorien über das Städtewesen. Diese beiden Probleme, ebenso wie di e Förderer, motivierten den Autor sich mit anthropologischen Städtebauthe orien zu bes chäftigen, und d amit p ersönliches In teresse u nd wissenschaftlich e Forschung zu verbinden. Von Anfang an wurde ersichtlich, dass die anderen beiden Probleme die Hauptantriebe dies er Unte rsuchung werden würden: Das ni cht Vorhandens ein einer u mfassende n Studie über anthr opologische Städtebauthe orien und – Praktiken. Ein Mangel an Studien ü ber Gleichnisse in d er Litera tur (Architektur/St ädteplanun g), welche als Ziel die wiss enschaftlich e Diskussion üb er die Stadt haben. Um Antworten zu finden, wurde diese Forschungsarb eit in drei Hauptteile geg liedert. D ie e rsten beiden Teile sind: „D ie Stadt“ und „Der Mensch“. Was als dritter Teil nicht auf den ersten Blick ersichtlich ist, i st d er Begr iff „Metaph er“, welcher die anderen beiden Teile verbindet. Um ein e Antwort zu erhalten musst en diese Elemente in eine aussa gekräftig e Struktur gebracht werden und eine Beziehung zwischen diesen geschaffen werden. In dieser Arbeit stell t die D iskussion um den Begriff „Metap her“ den Startpu nkt dar und dient als B asis auf welcher sich die anderen beiden T eile aufbauen können. Da sich Diskussionen rund u m anthropologis che Städtebautheorien und – Praktiken fundamental auf metaphorische Begriffe st ützen, erscheint es notwendig Metaphern als einen grundsätzlich en Te il in dieser D isserta tion zu bet rachten. Zu diese m Zwe ck werden die Th eorie der Metaphern, die An wendung von Metapher n im Zusammenh ang mit Architek tur und Städtedesign, s owie die Be sonderheiten w elche ihre B enutzung un umgänglich m achen, betrachtet. Als Fallbeispiele wurden di e namhaftesten Autoren von anthropologische Städtebautheorien und – Praktiken, vom antiken Griechenlan d bis in die 1960er J ahre, in dieser Dissertatio n betracht et. Plato, Francesc o di Giorgio Marti ni, Patrick Geddes, L e Corbusier, Lewis Mumford, Kenzo Tange, Team 10 und Metabolists wurden ausgewählt, da sie einzigarti ge, umfassende , methodische und herleitbar e Theorien liefern oder ihre Projekte durch wissenschaftliche Me taphern begründ et sind. Zusammenfass end kann man sagen, dass in dieser F orschungsarbeit die Haupt punkte, Metaphern und anthropolo gische Städ tebautheorien und – Praktiken zusa mmengeführt werden. Es wird demonstrier t, dass m ensc hliche Analogien helf en, dass das Konzept „der Stadt“, in den Begriffen Design, Planu ng und kompl exer städteplan erischer Abhandlu ng zu verstehen. Table of con tents Acknowledgment s ...................................................................................................................................... 2 Abstract ....................................................................................................................................................... 3 Zusammenfa ssung ................................................................ ...................................................................... 4 TABLE OF CONT ENTS .................................................................................................................................. 5 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................... 1 Overview of the topic ................................................................................................................................ . 1 Objective of the re search ........................................................................................................................... 1 Problem identificatio n and research gap .................................................................................................... 2 Research method ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Limits of the re search area ......................................................................................................................... 6 The Structure of the di ssertati on ................................................................................................................ 8 Notes ......................................................................................................................................................... 10 Metaphors in cap itals and italics ................................................................................................ ..... 10 Organism and hu man ...................................................................................................................... 10 UNIT 1. METAPH ORS: TH EORETICAL FRAM EWORKS AN D PRACTIC AL APPLIC ATIONS ............................... 11 1 METAPHOR AS A COGNIT IVE DEVICE ................................................................................................ . 12 1.1 Chap ter Introd uction ....................................................................................................................... 12 1.2 Definition an d etymology o f metapho r ........................................................................................... 13 1.3 Historical b ackground ...................................................................................................................... 13 1.4 Theories of metaphor ...................................................................................................................... 15 Aristotle (384 – 322 BCE) ................................................................ ................................................... 16 Giambattista Vico (1668 – 174 4) ................................................................................................ ....... 18 I. A. Richards (18 93 – 1979) ................................................................ ............................................... 19 Max Black (1909 – 1988) ................................................................................................................... 20 Paul Ricoeur (191 3 – 2005) ............................................................................................................... 21 George Lakoff (b. 19 41) and Mark Johnson (b. 1949) ..................................................................... 21 Ronald Way ne Langack er (b. 1942) ................................................................................................ . 26 1.5 The mechan ism of un derstand ing ................................................................................................... 27 Models of direct an d ind irect understanding .................................................................................. 27 Models of under standin g met aphors .............................................................................................. 31 Psychological view ........................................................................................................................... 33 1.6 Features o f metaph ors .................................................................................................................... 35 1.6.1 Metaph ors and con ceptualization ........................................................................................ 35 1.6.2 Metaph orical entailments .................................................................................................... 40 1.6.3 Highligh ting and hiding ......................................................................................................... 41 1.6.4 Metaph ors and reality ................................................................ .......................................... 42 1.6.5 Metaph or and new meaning ................................................................................................ 43 1.6.6 Metaph ors an d similarity ..................................................................................................... 45 1.6.7 Lon gevity of metapho rs ........................................................................................................ 48 1.6.8 Psychological feature s of met aphors ................................................................................... 49 1.7 Chap ter Conclusion ................................................................ .......................................................... 50 2 METAPHOR IN ARCHITEC TURE AND URBANISM ................................................................................ 52 2.1 Chap ter Introd uction ....................................................................................................................... 52 2.2 The question o f terminology ........................................................................................................... 53 2.3 Architecture a s a multi -discipl inary field ................................ ......................................................... 54 2.4 Emergen ce of metapho rs ................................................................................................................ 55 2.4.1 Typology of metaphors ......................................................................................................... 56 2.4.2 Sign metaph ors ..................................................................................................................... 57 2.4.3 The sourc e fields ................................................................................................................... 59 2.4.4 Benefits an d limits of using m etaphors in arch itecture and u rbanism ................................ 61 Metaphor in t hought ............................................................................................................ 61 Metaphor in d esign ................................................................................................ .............. 64 Metaphor in d iscussion ................................................................................................ ........ 66 2.5 Chap ter Conclusion ................................................................ .......................................................... 68 UNIT 2. CITY AN D ORGANI CISM: THEORIE S AND PRACTICE S ..................................................................... 73 3 BACKGROUND O F COMP ARI NG CITY TO HUMAN .............................................................................. 74 3.1 Chap ter Introd uction ....................................................................................................................... 74 3.2 Ancient Gre ece: human lik e city ...................................................................................................... 74 3.3 Midd le Ages: society as organ ism .................................................................................................... 75 3.4 Renaissan ce: city as organ ism ................................................................................................ .......... 76 3.5 From 175 0 to the 20th centu ry ........................................................................................................ 77 3.6 Since th e 20th century ..................................................................................................................... 77 3.7 Chap ter Conclusion ................................................................ .......................................................... 78 4 CASE STUDIES ................................................................................................................................ .... 81 4.1 Chap ter Introd uction ....................................................................................................................... 81 4.2 Plato ................................................................................................................................................. 82 4.2.1 Intro duction .......................................................................................................................... 82 4.2.2 Analo gies .............................................................................................................................. 83 Divisions and locat ions ................................................................ ......................................... 83 Regimes and sou ls ................................................................................................................ 85 Decay and illn ess .................................................................................................................. 86 Parts and who le ................................................................................................................... 87 4.2 .3 Conclusion ................................ ............................................................................................ 87 4.3 Frances co di Giorgio Martin i ................................................................................................ ............ 89 4.3.1 Intro duction .......................................................................................................................... 89 4.3.2 Analo gies .............................................................................................................................. 89 Head as fortre ss ................................................................................................................... 89 The form of city .................................................................................................................... 91 4.3.3 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................ 91 4.4 Patrick Gedd es ................................................................................................................................ . 97 4.4.1 Intro duction .......................................................................................................................... 97 4.4.2 Analo gies .............................................................................................................................. 98 Approaches in stu dying th e city ........................................................................................... 98 Evolution of h uman an d evolution of city ............................................................................ 98 Ontogeny a nd Phy logeny (biogenetic basic law) ................................................................ . 99 4.4.3 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................ 99 4.5 Le Corbu sier ................................................................................................................................... 103 4.5.1 Intro duction ........................................................................................................................ 103 4.5.2 Analo gies ............................................................................................................................ 103 The term “Biology” ................................................................ ............................................. 103 Cells ............................................................................................................................. 105 Bodily organ s ...................................................................................................................... 106 Disease and mortal sickne ss .............................................................................................. 106 4.5.3 Conclusion .......................................................................................................................... 106 4.6 Lewis Mum ford .............................................................................................................................. 111 4.6.1 Intro duction ........................................................................................................................ 111 4.6.2 Analo gies ............................................................................................................................ 112 The idea of organic ord er ................................................................................................... 112 Biological rule o f growth .................................................................................................... 112 4.6.3 Conclusion .......................................................................................................................... 112 4.7 Kenzo Tan ge ................................................................................................................................... 114 4.7.1 Intro duction ........................................................................................................................ 114 4.7.2 Analo gies ............................................................................................................................ 114 Communication as nervou s system ................................................................................... 114 Functioning a nd Stru cturing ............................................................................................... 115 Pattern of growth ............................................................................................................... 116 Tokyo Plan 1960 ................................................................................................................. 118 4.7.3 Conclusion .......................................................................................................................... 122 4.8 Team 10 ......................................................................................................................................... 125 4.8.1 Intro duction ........................................................................................................................ 125 4.8.2 Analo gies ............................................................................................................................ 126 Fixed and tra nsients ........................................................................................................... 126 4.8.3 Conclusion .......................................................................................................................... 127 4.9 Metabolist s .................................................................................................................................... 128 4.9.1 Intro duction ........................................................................................................................ 128 4.9.2 Analo gies ............................................................................................................................ 128 City as process .................................................................................................................... 128 Metabolic cycle .................................................................................................................. 12 9 Marine City ......................................................................................................................... 130 Ocean City ................................ .......................................................................................... 131 Floating City ................................................................ ....................................................... 132 4.9.3 Conclusion .......................................................................................................................... 134 4.10 Chap ter Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 136 UNIT 3. THE HUM AN ANAL OGY: AN ANA LYTICAL AND CRI TICAL APPR OAC H ........................................... 141 5 A METHODICAL AP PROAC H TOWAR D THE HUMAN ANAL OGY ......................................................... 142 5.1 Chap ter introdu ction ..................................................................................................................... 142 5.2 Conceptu al framework .................................................................................................................. 143 5.3 Side 1 an d 3: The knowl edge of metaph or .................................................................................... 143 5.3.1 Advanta ges of knowledg e of metaph or ............................................................................. 143 5.4 Side 2: G enerati on ......................................................................................................................... 147 5.4.1 Stru cturing tho ught ............................................................................................................ 147 5.4.2 Coherency a nd enta ilments ................................................................................................ 148 5.4.3 Prob lem solving .................................................................................................................. 150 5.4.4 The nat ure of CITY IS ORGANISM ....................................................................................... 150 5.4.5 A critical vi ewpoint on metap ho r ....................................................................................... 152 5.5 Ep ilogue ......................................................................................................................................... 155 LIST OF FIGUR ES ...................................................................................................................................... 158 LIST OF TABL ES ........................................................................................................................................ 160 BIBLIOGRAPHY ........................................................................................................................................ 161 Introducti on O verv iew of t he topi c This research investigates why th e city has been compared to the human and how it has been beneficial to theoris ts, architects and urbanist s. Althoug h the human analogy in the urban discours e has been addressed by many writers, there is no comprehensiv e refer ence that comprises the prominent rela ted theories and practices. Motivated by this f act, this diss ertation ai ms to und erstand ho w the human analogy may help us deal with the co ncept of city in terms of design, plannin g and complex urba n discourse. Since concept ualizing the city as human is a metaphorical comparison, to achieve the goal of this disserta tion, metaphors in t heory and practice on the one hand and the anthr opological urban theories and p rojects on the other, will be dis cussed. Discussion o n metaph ors will comprise theories, t ypologies, the understan ding mechanism of metaphors and their application in architecture and urban discourse; while, th e discussion on anthropological urban theories f ocuses on theories an d projec ts in which the city is conceptualiz ed as human and argued by means of anatomical arrange ment, physiological me chanisms and spiritual aspects. It is generally believed that, the applicati on of the human analogy is benef icial as a meth od of comparison for arguing about the architecture o f the city and describin g complex u rban discourse. Ob jec tive of t he rese arch Justifying the physical arrangement of cities by m eans of the human analogy, has been done by philosophers, archit ects and urban planners, sin ce the ancient Gre eks . Since the Renai ssance through the developm ent of science, especially the life sciences in the 19th century, this analogy has been broad ened and the city has been metaph o rically considered as a li ving and growing organism. In this context, met aphor played a fundamental role as a cogniti ve de vice t o transfer the human concepts to urban theo ries to the ex tent that “ this metaphor probably became the most pervasive and powerful metaphor in any discourse on the city ” (Secchi , 2013, pp. 124 – 125). A chronological study of com paring city to hu man – from the ancien t Gree ce to contemporary time – shows a parallel between the knowledge o f the human and the development of anthropologica l urban theo ries; a parallel, which is reflected by extensive organic m etaphors in urban discourse. Theorists an d pr ofessionals have benefited in using this analog y to arg ue their theories or p rojects. However, how it may contrib ute in justifyin g an urban theory and meeting urban design issues is the gap, which this researc h tries to fill by ans wering th e following ques tions: Why city has been compar ed to human? How this c omparison help ed these theorists to justify their theories or practices? How it may help us deal with the city in terms of design, planning and complex urban discourse? To answer the se questions, it is im portant to differenti ate between metap hor, model and analogy. Regarding the definition of metaph or, which is to unde rstand o ne thing in terms of a different thing , the discussi on of comparin g city to human is a metaphorical c omparis on. In the scientific contexts , Introducti on 2 the differentiati o n between m etaphor and th ose words , which ar e similar to metaph or in a synonymous manner, can a void misunders tandings. The alterna te use of terms metaphor, anal ogy and model is common in various works o f literature about metaph or, although they are distinct. Analogy is defined by Aristotle as a ty pe of metaphor and it has at least two meanings. First, it means the sim ilari ty in two distinct obje cts. Second, it r efers t o a sort of in ference “ by which it m ay be deduced that objects that bear some similarit y may also be comparable in other ways ” (Nuessel, 2010, p. 239). Model, in scientific discussions, refers to the analogy and not the scale mode l (Nuessel , 2010, p. 239). Mary Hesse in her M o d e l s a n d A n a l o g i e s i n S c i e n c e describes t wo types of model (Hesse, 1970, pp. 7 – 9) . To explain that, sh e refers to dyna mical theory o f gases in whic h the billiard balls are seen as gas molecules. In this example, she disting uishes differences and similarities betwe en her model and the reality; those proper ties, which are shared between them, are called positi ve analogy; those, which bel ong to the model and no t the real molecules, ar e called negati v e an alogy ; those, which are n ot still clear whether the y are positive or negati v e, are called n eutral analogy. In this view, she d efines the fi rst meaning of m odel (model-1) as an imperfect cop y (the billiard balls) minus the n egative anal ogy. The second meaning (m odel-2) is a copy with all positi ve, n egative and neutral analogies. About using the term model in science, she emphasizes that, “ When we consider a theory based o n a model as an explanation fo r a se t o f pheno mena, we are considering the positive and neutral analogies, not the negati ve analog y, which we already know we can discard ” (Hesse, 197 0, pp. 9 – 1 0). This view to model is “ a tentative theoretical construct intended to function as a t esting device ” (Nu essel, 2010, p. 239). Metaphor, in scienc e, functions as a cognitiv e device and refe rs to describ ing an unknown phenomenon in terms of a known phen omenon. Therefore, “ a miniature planeta ry system stands for the Bohr-Ruth erford atom, a container of billiard balls in motion for the kinetic movement of gases, the computer for the brain ” (Nuessel, 2010, p. 239) . In all of these examp les, one familiar object is used to describe or study a non-fa miliar one. The abo ve exa mples an d d efinitions sh o w how the terms metaphor, analogy and model h ave cl ose meaning and fun ction in sci ence. Jutta Muschard (2007), in differentiati on betwe en these term s in the sci entific r easoning, emphasizes to focus on the fu nction of these terms rather than sticking on the te rminol ogy. Muschar d argues, “ While the terms vary, the role remains constant: scientifi c reasoning makes use of the knowledg e of existing structures and relations in order to explore and explain and possibl y to pop ularize new structur es and relations ” (Muschard , 2007 , p. 83). Pro blem iden tific atio n a nd res ea rch ga p Four issues prompted this r ese arch. The first two are addressed by various theorists and architects, and they are: The compl exity of urban di sco urses A lack of a uni versal theory of urbanism These t wo issues, as the promoters, motivat ed the autho r to stud y the ant hropologic urb an theories to incorporat e a personal interest into a scientific research. From the very beginnin g, the other two issu es arose and became central c oncern of this research. The y are: Absence of a comprehensive s tudy on anthropol ogic urban theorie s and practic es. Insuffici ent study on scienc e of metaphor in literature s of architecture and urbanism. Introducti on 3 The following passages show how these four issues are linked togeth er. The complexit y o f urba n discourses pointed out by various autho rs, e.g., Andri Gerber (2013) and Bernardo Secchi (2013) . This issue motivated the import of terms fr o m oth er disciplines and it is r ooted in the multi- disciplinary nature of architecture and urbanis m. Nece ssity of the linkage between architecture and other fi elds g oes back to th e ancient Greeks and Romans, which is documented by Vitruvius. In T h e T e n B o o k s on Ar c h i t e c t u r e , Vitruvius defines the departments of architectur e as a m ultidisciplina ry field o f study. It comprises construction of fo rtified towns, buil ding structures for the public an d for private individuals and the construction of machine ry (Vitruvius Pollio, 1914, p. 1 6). Accordingly, he emphasizes, an archi tect must be familiar with v arious fields o f stud y to achieve the capacity o f judgment to examine the others ’ works. He, thus, advi ses: Let him be educated, skillful with the pencil , instructed in geometry, know much history, have f o llowed the philosophers with atten tion, understand music, have some knowledg e o f m edicin e, know the opinions of the jurists, and be acquainted with astr onomy and the theory of th e heav ens (Vitruvius Pollio, 1914, pp. 5 – 6) . In the Renaissance, this linkag e was re- emphasized b y Leon Battist a Alberti, when h e describes the duty of an architec t and says, “ He m ust have an und erstanding and knowledge of all the highes t and most noble disci plines ” (R ykwert, 198 8a, p. 3) . Moreover, some urban phenomena such as indust rial revolution and fundamental chang es in production and ec onomical syst em m ade this linka ge more complex. Consequ ently, discussio n about the city becam e more c omplex as well , as Sec chi says, “i t is during these periods that we are unable to use plai n discour se ” (Secchi, 2013, pp. 124 – 125). Therefore, the lin kage between archit ecture and urban ism with other discipline s on the o ne han d, and the development of each linked discipline on the other, (spurred the inclusi on of vocabularies and concepts from other discip lines. Consequ ently, it helped lead to the complexity of urban discourse as well. This phenomenon together with the shifting nature o f meta phors, led the field of urbanis m to be known as an “ un stable discipli ne ” (Gerber, 2013, p. 19). As Man fredo Tafuri, the architectural historian say s, urban theoris ts are like persons who are forced to maint ain their equilibriu m on the edge, while the changin g winds try to mak e them fall (Tafuri, 198 0, p. 180). Lack of a global theory of urbanism is another incent ive that prompt ed this study. Kevin Lynch i n his G o o d C i t y F o r m states that, there is not a comprehensiv e theory, which describes the configurations o f city and relationship s between its constituent ’ s el ements (Lynch , 1981, p. 49) . This absence is also pointed by Jane Jacobs as she says, “ Cities are immens e laboratory of trial and error, failure and suc cess, in city b uilding and city design ” (Jacobs, 1961, p. 9) . In thi s rega rd, since ancient Greek up t o c ontemporary time, s ome p hilosophers, a rchitects, planners and urb anists established diverse anthropol ogic urb an theories. Am ong them, the ideology of “ human like city ” from the ancient Greeks, “ society as o rganism ” in the Middle Ages and “ city as organism ” sinc e the Renaissance attracted numerous thinkers. All these ideologies resort to human as a natural example and c omparative model for their theories an d projects. As a result, the linkage between architecture and urbanism, and the science of life o n the one hand, and the popularity of anthr opologic urban theories on the other, motivated the impor t o f organic metaphors. A phen omenon that ac ted as the ins tigator f or the motivati ons of this resear ch. The first problem addressed in this research is the lac k of a comprehensi ve study that covers the prominent urban theories and practices. Despite the fact that the root o f anthropologic urban Introducti on 4 theories goes back to the ancient Greeks, these theories remained implicit and we re not fully explored (Bat ty & Marshall , 2009, p. 552). Lack of co mprehensive stud y on anthr o pological urban the ories and li mited attention to th e psycholinguistic aspects of metaphor characterize the works of literature on this topic . Anoth er similar sh o rtage is addres sed by Rosario Caball ero i n architectur e, which has close relati o n t o urbanism, wh ere she says: Metaphors concerned with architecture itself - i.e. where architectur e is the target - re m ain largely underexplored regardless of the fact that architects have always used co ncepts and entities outside the architectural realm in o rder to think of and discu ss their p ractice (Caballer o-Rodrigue z, 2013, p. 90). Although the anthr o pologic urban theorie s ha ve been add ressed by m any writers, there is n o comprehensi ve referenc e that comprises the pr ominent related theories and practices. Almost all literatures covered this t opic, foun d by the author, are scatte red studies publishe d in the foll owing ways: Articles : these articles focu sed on a short period of time or certain persons. For example, the study o f Batty and Marshall T h e E v o l u t i o n o f C i t i e s (2009) focusing on Patrick Geddes and Patrick Abercr ombie, and T h e M e a n i n g an d S i g n i f i c a n c e o f t h e H u m a n A n a l o g y i n F r a n c e s c o d i G i o r g i o ’ s Tratta to (1983) by Lawren ce are in this categ ory. Antholo gies : although the articles in these works share one theme, they are not exclusivel y focused on one aspect. They usuall y cover differ ent areas of architectur e and urbanism. This cat egory in cludes, for exa m ple, Me t a p h o r s i n A r c h i t e c t u r e a n d U r b a n i s m ( 2013) an d B o d y a n d B u i l d i n g (2002). The latter is mostly f ocused on archit ecture with short references to the anthropologic no tions in the urban d isco urses. Books : the books related to the topic of this dissertation are usuall y focused o n individuals . Although they include a comprehensiv e and in -depth study, they provide only a partial study about anthrop ologic urban theo ries. B i o p o l i s : P a t r i c k G e d d e s a n d t h e C i t y o f L i f e (2002) by Volk er Welter a nd K e n z o Ta n g e a n d t h e M e t a b o l i s t M o v e m e n t (2 010) by Zhongjie Lin are two examples of this ca tegory. Researches : The studies of this group, like the afor ementi oned book, contains a partial study about the anthrop ologic urban theories. For example, Ar s e t I n g e n iu m : T h e E m b o d i m e n t o f I m a g i n a t i o n i n t h e A r c h i t e c t u r a l D r a w i n g s o f F r a n c e s c o d i G io r g i o by Pari Riahi (2010) and S t a d t m e t a p h e r n ( 2 006) by Sonja Hnilica cover the topic o f this dissertation in a par tial way. It can be deduced therefore, that there is no literature that covers the promine nt anthropologi c urban theories and practic es in o ne volume. This fact motivated the author to do this research in order to publish one single study in a chronological way that covers a wide range o f time. This study provides a timeline that shows the evolution of the anthropologic theories and practices on the on e hand, and the reflecti on of knowledge o f the human on them on the o ther. The author believes that, such a study all ows us to see the benefits and limits o f hu man analogy in these theories and projects in a structured and meaningful way; it gives the readers the insight to deci de if this analog y is beneficial or not. The second problem addressed in this research is the insufficiency of study on metaphor aimed at having a scientific discussi o n on urbanism. In all of the above literatures, the discussion ab out metaphor is limited t o the understanding and u sing of metaphor. What is l eft out is the generati on of metaphor. Believing that the discussion about the generation requires having knowledge about Introducti on 5 the mechanism of understan ding, a part of this dissertation is dedica ted to this issue. The studies about this mechanism are usually found in specialized books, which are o ut of the realm of architecture and urbanism. For example, the psycho logical asp ect o f metaphor, studied by th e author, found in the C o n c i s e E n c y c l o p e d i a of Ph i l o s o p h y of L a n g u a g e an d L i n g u i s t i c s , is no t directly related to architec ture and urbanis m . While the psychol ogical studies about metaphor go in to the detail s o f this mechanism in some studies discussed in this disser tation, psychologist s monitor the step- by -step process of unders tanding; an investigation that reveals startling facts about comparing two different elements. Furthermore, the study of the mechanism of understandin g comprises the before and after of understandin g meanings. In the case of understandin g a metaphor, it begins from the moment of generating a metaphor to the interpretati on of a metaphorical expression. Although the knowledge about this mechanism can be beneficial to evalua te the s ource of metaphor , it is not ad dressed in the literature ab out urbanism . In addition t o the generati o n and understanding of m etaphor, the judg ment abou t the accuracy of metaphors and the criteria to examine the anthropol ogical urban theories and practices requires knowledge about metaphor. The criteria to judge the success or failure o f a metap hor helps us t o avoid mi sjudging the s o urce of metaph or . This diss ertation d emonstrat es tha t, the failure of understandin g a metaphor in an urban theory or pr oject does not imply the failure of the source of metaphor, na mely, the hu man analogy. Re sea rch met hod In order to find the answer , the questions of t his research were divided into three m ain elements : the first two being the city and the human. Ho wever, what may not be apparent as the third element is the term metaphor, which incorp orates the other two. Providing a n answer demands put ting thes e el ements in a m eaningful order an d establishi ng a relationship be tween th em. In this research, the discussi on of metaphor is considered a s the starting po int and a platform on which the o ther elements can be determined . The reason is that, the knowledg e of metaphor provides a theoretical framework to study th e scientific aspects o f co mparing city to human. In this dissertation, the discussio n o f metaphor is considered one o f the main conc erns, rather than a marginal one. Such an approach is also supported also by linguists. Fo r example, Lakoff and Johnso n in their M e t a p h o r s We Li v e By c o n s i de r s t h e di s c u s s i o n o f me t a p h o r as a f u n da m e n t a l p h e n o m e n o n w h i c h h a s to b e c e nt r a l to t h e a cc o u n t o f t r u t h a n d m e a n i n g (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980, pp. 210 – 211) . This considerati on is in contrast with the typical v iew on metaphors, which considers them as speech ornaments or poetic application of wo rds. In another context, Markus and Cameron, by emphasiz ing the importance of languag e in architecture say, “ In architecture as in medicine or law, ‘ learning the language ’ is insepa rable from mastering the craft as a whole ” (Markus & Cameron, 2002, pp. 2 – 3) . In the topic of this dissertation, metaphor functions as the languag e. The study of metaphor reveals two facts. First: ho w we comprehen d some concepts , which are not clearly defined in their own terms. Second: how we describe such unclear concept s in terms o f other concepts. Since the discussion of anthropol ogic urban theories and practices is fundamentally based on metaphorical expressions, it seems necessary to address the knowledge o f metaphor as a fundament al matter o f this dissertati on. To this end, theori es of metaphor, the application of m etaphor i n our ordinary language and in architecture and urbanism, and the features that make them inevitab le to use, will b e discussed. The study of urban theorie s and practic es, namel y , case studies, is done based on two groups of literature. The firs t gr oup includes the writings publish ed by the theorists, architects and planner s wh o c ompared city to hu man. Th is group p rovided the m ain cont ents of the theor ies and practices related to the topic, and the analogy suggested by their authors. Althoug h the writings of these Introducti on 6 authors provide detailed information ab out their works, the ulter ior aspects and the downside of their theorie s and practice s are absent. The second group comprises those refe rences written by other authors and provides the complem entary detail s, interpr etations and critiques. These works of litera ture made a notabl e contributi on to thi s research in coverin g the missin g points of th e firs t group. The study of cases has been done in a chro nologic al order of their authors. Simultaneously, the trend of changing metaphors and their reflec tion on the theory and practice of th e authors was examined to find o ut how the advancement of life sciences was beneficial. All the studies o f thes e two groups of lit erature ha ve the scope to answer th e main ques tions of th is research: Why city has been compar ed to human? How this c omparison helpe d their theoris ts to justify their the ories or practic es? Lim its of the re sea rch are a Numerous thinkers from various disciplin es have been relying o n the human a s a descriptive model in architecture and urbanism. In some mo dels human prov ides the kno wledge for understand ing the city and in some o thers vice versa. To understand how much the comparis on of city to human helped philos ophers, archit ect s and urb an design ers to d escribe their theorie s the auth ors of mo st notable and comprehensi ve exa mples ar e referenced in this diss ertation. H owever, n ot all of them are in the f ocal point o f this res earch. The s elected au thors are Plato, Fran cesco d i Giorgio Martin i , Patrick Geddes, Le Corbus ier, Lewis Mumford, Kenzo Tange, Team 10 and the Metabolis ts. A limitation is applied to the authors, anthropologic urban theories and practices according to som e criteria. The firs t relates to the defini tion o f metaphor. Although all the ories of m etaphor (comparative theory and interacti on theory) rec ognize met aph ors as a tool for understan ding, fro m the linguistic point o f view the y are different. The defin ition of metaphor in science, instead, provides a comprehen sive explanation encompassing both theories : a cognitive device and allows us to understand an unknown phenomenon in terms of a known phenomen on. This definition ha s been chosen as the most a ppropriate r eference to thi s dissertation. The second criteri a is the type of m etaphor in architec ture and urb anism field. There is no standard typology of metaphors in these fields and differ ent authors suggest different cat egorizations, suc h as : Metaph or as image & m etaphor as pr ocess Process-f ocused and produ ct-focused metaph o rs Physical m etaphors and c onceptual metaphors Metaph ors on the disc ourses and metaphors in concr et e works To determine the appropriate type of m etaph or for this dissertation - the objec tive of the study - the source o f m etaphor an d the context of discussion are deter minant. Human and city are two main element s of this m etaphorical comparison. The city stands as the unkn own part and human as the kn own p art or vice v ersa and the c ontext of disc ussion is the archi tecture of the city, i.e., the physical arrange m ent. For that purpose, am ong the various classificati ons of metap hor in the architecture and urbanism field, the “ metaph or as process ” best fits the objecti ve of this dissertation becaus e it enc ompasses all o ther types. Other qualitati ve criteria are applied too . First, the theorists, subject o f this dissertation were selected because they provide unique, comprehensive , methodical and inferable theory or p roject. Otherwise, as ex perienced by the auth or, it is not po ssible to deduce a justifi able and scientific conclusion. Second, the selection o f the case studies for this dissertation ends in the 1960 s. There Introducti on 7 are some other thi nkers, found by the author, who c ompared ci ty to human in the 21 st century, but they are not included acc ording to some criteria and limitations. Fo r exa mple, Peter Ackroyd in his L o n d o n . T h e B i o g r a p h y (2000) compares the city of London to hu man body. Nev ertheless he discusses various aspects of London such as social, geograp hy, etc, his approach remains fictional. Another example is the A g g l o m é r e r : u n e a n a t o m i e d e l ' e x t e n s i o n br u x e l l o i s e ( 1 82 8 - 1 9 1 5 ) by Benedikte Zitouni published in 2 010. Although the Zitouni’s stud y interesting ly discusses the city development and urban investigation by means o f o rgan ic m etaphor, her book is written in French, which is not readable by the author ( of this disse rtatio n). Third, th eo rists who se theoretical assumption is similar to the case stud ies of this researc h are not in cluded. For example, the ide a of Ebenezer Howard (1850-1928) is similar to the idea o f Lewis M umford (1895-199 0). In both cases, their anthropologic the ory is based on divisi on ra ther than expansion. Fourth, the analysis of realized projects are intent ionally excluded. To find out the ro le that human analogy played in the failure or success of a project, would require a comprehensiv e study to categor ize the effectiv e variables and to distinguish from those, which are rela ted to the biologic al metaphors. It see ms to the author, such a sy ste matic study requires an other effort focusing on r ealized or non-realized projects e.g., Chandig arh of Le Corbusier, Osaka Expo 1970 of Met abolists and Tange, etc. Such an amount of wo rk and time is o utside the limits of this dissertation. This criterion is applied to avoid any superficial in te rpretati on and judgm ent about the role of biological metaphors in urbanism. Introducti on 8 The Stru cture of t he disse rtati on This dissertation i s divided into three units : Unit 1 . Metaphor: th eoretical fram eworks and practical appli cations Unit 2. City and organicis m: theories and practices Unit 3 . Human anal o gy: an analytical and critical approach Figure 1: The structure of dissertation, by the author Unit 1 d eals with metaphor as a cogniti v e de vice a nd discusses the th eoretical principles and practical applications. This unit has two chapters. Chapter 1 aims to provide the necessar y knowledge of metaphor, their application and the features that make their use inev itabl e . This includes the f ollowing topi c: The definiti on and etymol ogy of metaphor Historical ba ckground Theories of metaphor The mechanis m of underst anding Features of metaphor The goal is to provide the necessary knowledge of m et aphor that is required for having a scientific approach toward the discussion of comparing city to human. To this end, the mentioned topics accompanied by exa mples from dail y language and scientific contexts. Chapter 2 focuses on the practical application of metaphors in the field of architecture and urbanism. This chapter jo ins the knowledge of metaphor to these fields. It aims to sho w h ow and why m etaphors have been com e into architectur e and urbanism fields, an d from which sources. The study of this chapter provides a clear image of the linkages between these disciplines . The following topics are discussed to satisf y the aim and go al of this ch apter: The questi on of termin ology Unit 1. Metap hor: theoreti cal frameworks an d practical ap plicatio ns Chapter 1 Metaphor as a co gnitive devic e Chapter 2 Metaphors in arch itecture an d urb anism Unit 2. Cit y and organ icism: theories and pract ices Chapter 3 Background o f comparing city to h uman Chapter 4 Case studies Unit 3. Hu man analo gy: an an alytical and critical appr oach Chapter 5 A methodical app roach toward human a nalogy Introducti on 9 Architecture as a multi-disc iplinary field Emergence of metaphors Typology of metaphors The source fi elds Benefits an d limits of using metaphors in arch itecture and urbanism Unit 2 deals with the notion of city and o rganicis m. This unit aims to provide a comprehensive study of anthr opologic urb an theories and practices. The g oal is to an swer the q uestion s of this r esearch. Chapter 3 investig ates th e historical background of comparing cit y to human. By illustrating a historical fram ework, it allows us to coordinate the philosophers, architects an d urbanists, who compared city to hu man, within their historical cont ext. This knowledge all ows us t o see how comparing city t o hu man h as been developed. Furthermor e, it reveals the rol e of kno wledge o f the human in this de velopmen t. This study covers th e foll owing periods: Ancient Gre ek: human li ke city Middle Ages : society as o rganism Renaissance : city as organism From 175 0 to the 20th century Since the 20 th century Chapter 4 focuses o n the theories and practices justified by human anal ogy. This chapte r aims to answer the questions o f this research, namely, why city has been compared to human. Moreover , how this comparison helpe d their theorists to justify their theories or practices ? The answer is given within the stud y of followi ng theorists and archit ects: Plato (42 8-348 BCE) Francesc o di Giorgio Marti ni (1439-1501) Patrick Gedde s (1854-1932 ) Le Corbusier (1887-1965) Lewis Mu mford (1895-19 90) Kenzo Tang e (1913-2005) Team 10 ( 1950s-1960s) Metabolists (1960s) Each case study, i.e. theorist, includes an Introduction that explains about the theorist and the contribution of his/her study to the topic o f this dissertati on , the Analogies that represent the metaphorical comparison performed by the theorist, a Conclusi on that de monstrates why th e studied theorist compare d city t o human. This latter, is accompanied b y the critiq ues and comments of specialists. Unit 3 , as conclusive unit, deals with an analytical and critical approach towards anthropologica l urban theories and practices. This unit include s one chapter. Chapter 5 aims to demonstrate how human analogy m ay help us to deal with city in terms of design, planning and complex urban discourse. A question that is the objective of this dissertation. To answer , this chapter joins the studies of theoretical framework in unit 1 and the studies of anthr opologic urban theories and practices in unit 2. All these studies are connected through a conceptual framew ork, which puts the main elem ents o f this diss ertation (metaph or, city and human) in a m eaningful arrang ement, and justifies their order and their relationships. The following themes constitute the impor tant to pics of this chapter : Necessity and advantage of knowledge of metaphor Introducti on 10 A critical and anal ytical approach to ward the CITY IS O RGANISM metaphor Guidelin es on judgment ab o ut related theories and pr actice s Sugg ested approach t oward human analog y by the author No t es M etap h ors in cap it als and itali cs To render metaphors, I use a convention ado pted from George Lakoff and Mark Johnson, which is employed by oth er au thors as w ell. In their M e t a p h o r s W e L i v e B y , Lakoff and Johnson distinguish between a CON CEPTUAL METAPHO R and its entailmen ts . For example : ARGUMENT IS WAR Your claims are indef ensible . He attacked every weak po int in my argu ment. His criticisms were right on target (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980, p. 4) . In this case, the ARGUME NT IS WAR in CAPITA L letters renders the c onceptual metaph o r, while indefensible , attacked every weak point and right on target are the concept s which are applied based on conc eptualization of ‘ argu ment ’ as ‘ war. ’ Si milarly, in the foll owing example: BUILDINGS A RE LIVING OR GANISMS skin, membrane, skeleton, rib, haunch, hip, footer/footing, blister, fatigue, bleeding (Caballero-Rodrig uez, 2013, p. 93). The conceptual metaphors under discussion are rende red in CAPITALS, and the metaphorical terms in italics. This convention is respected in this entir e dissertati on. Org anis m an d h um an Throughout thi s dissertation the ter m ‘ human ’ and ‘ or ganism ’ are used alterna tively. Some authors , studied for this dissertati on e.g., P atrick Geddes, Kenzo Tange, etc. used the term o rganis m in a broad meaning. They refer to plants, animals and human . Regarding the to pic of this dissertati o n, the ‘ organic analogie s ’ that do not include human, are ex cluded. The present study comprises the analogies that ar e exclusi v ely ab out hum an o r the y are co mmon between human and other organisms. For example, the bi ogenetic basic law (Ontogeny and Phylogeny) employed by Geddes and the gr owth model of vertebrates referred by Tang e include human too , although the writers used the term “ organism. ” Theref ore, wherever in this dissertation ‘ organis m ’ is written, the ter m includes and implies ‘ human ’ as w ell. U ni t 1 . M e ta p ho r s: t he or e ti ca l fr am e w or ks a nd p r a ct ic a l a pp lic a ti o ns Chapter One 1 Me tap ho r a s a c og nitiv e d evi ce 1.1 Ch ap ter Int rod uctio n Lakoff and Johns on in their M e t a p h o r s W e L i v e B y state: We have found that metap hor is pervasive, not merely in our languag e but in our conceptual system. It seems inconceivable to us that any phenomenon so fundamental to o ur co nce ptual system could not be central to an account of truth and meani ng (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980, pp. 210 – 211). According to their finding, metaphor is not m erely a speech ornament or a simple rhetorical device. Since most of o ur evidence is ba sed on linguistic communicati o n (Lakoff & Johns on, 1980, p. 115), it seems nec essary to add ress two issues. First, h ow we compr ehend and u nderstand some concepts, which are not clearly defined in their own terms. Second, how we describ e such unclear concepts in terms o f other experiences. This chapter, as the st arting point of this dissertation, aim s to provide the necessar y knowledg e of metaphor, their applicati on and the features that make their use inevitable. T o this end, the following topic s will be discussed: The definition and etymology of metaphor describes the origin o f met aph or and shows how this term is described b y various thinkers. Histo rical backgroun d ex plains h ow our opinion abou t metaphor has been chan ged. It shows the in terpretati on of various scientists fr om different disciplines about metaphor. Moreover, it sh o w s how the use or denial o f metaphor has been justified. The theo ries of metaph or illustrate the primary theori es that are stud ied by linguists, philosophers and psycholog ists. There is no single theory about generating and underst anding o f metaphor. Various theories reveal various aspects, and co nsequently, uncover more details about metaphors. The mechanism of und erstanding focuses on the process o f unde rstanding o f non- metaphorical and metaph orical expr essions. It enab les us to ev aluate a source of metaphor and to see what happens when we hear a metaphorica l expression. T he featu res of metapho r incorporates all the above-mentioned topics to describ e the qualit y of m etaphor s. Furthermor e, it reveals how metaphor s ar e benefi cial to us. These features provid e a linguisti c foundation bot h within the discussion o f metaph ors in architectur e and urbanism, and in comparin g city to human . All topics are acco mpanied by exa mples from daily language and scientific contexts, esp ecially urbanism field. Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 13 1.2 De fini tio n and e tymo logy of me tap hor The ter m metaphor was in troduced for the first time by Aristotle in his P o e t i c s and R h e t o r i c , and it “ stems fr om lingu istic theory, to be more pre cise, from the theory o f literatur e ” (Böhme, 2 013, p. 48) . As Aristotle in his Poetics describes, “ A m etap hor is the applicati on of a wor d that b elongs to another thing ” (Aristotl e, 1995, p. 105). In his Rhetoric, he delineates metap hor as something that “ gives style clearness, charm, and dis tinction as n othing else can: and it is n ot a thing whose use can be taug ht by one man to anothe r ” (Aristotle, 2014, p. 4799). In another in stance, he offer s that “ Metaphors, like epithets, must be fitting , which means that they must fairl y corresp ond to the thing signified: failing this, their inappropriatenes s will be conspicuous: the want of harm ony between two thi ngs is e mphasized by their bein g placed sid e by side ” (Ari stotle, 2014, p. 4799). T o clarify, he brings an examp le by referrin g to H omer ’ s Iliad in which Homer comp ares Achilles to a lion. Aristotle about this comparison says, “ when the poet says, ‘ He rushed as a lion, ’ [...] fo r since both are brave, he us ed a metaphor [...] and spoke of Achilles as a lion ” (Arist otle, 2007, p. 205). Therefore, metaphor i s not a certain word, but it implies to the way of using wo rds by which a meaning is transferr ed. This transfer, as Gernot Böhme says, occurs always from one object to another object or from one d iscipline to another disciplin e (Böhme, 2013, p. 49) . François Roche defines m etaphor as a “ linguistic strateg y to cre ate ‘ a vehicle of transportation ’ by and through miscorresp ondence o f understan ding ” (Roche, 2013, p. 282) and Böhme defines it as “ an uncommon use of words ” and “ a ter minological innovati on ” (Böhme, 2013, p. 56). Generally metaphor is known as an imaginary and poetic application of words and is viewed a s rhetorical o rna ment rather that a device of thought and actio n (L akoff & Johnson, 1 980, p. 3) . Thus, it is categorized in th e figurative lang uage in c ontrast to ordinar y or literal lang uage and this dichotomy is held by traditi onal s cholars. The strict dis tinction of th ese two categ ories o f lang uage, primary and secondary, and the assumption that figurative language comes from the literal languag e has been discusse d since Aristotle up to the 20th century, even though some philosopher s like Gia m battista Vico ( 1668 – 1744) have declar ed that all languag e is metaphoric al (Nuessel, 2010 , p. 2 37). This distinction ov er time has been blurred. To day, metaph or is not viewed only as an aesthetic part o f language. It is known as a “ cogniti ve device used t o e xplain how people categorize reality and st ore abstractio ns of that physi cal existence in their brain ” (Nue ssel, 2010, p. 230). 1.3 Hi sto rical bac kgro und Metaphor, being known as an artistic and imagin ary d evice, h as always b een a matter of discussi o n in the history of philosop hy and literature. Since the antique Greek, there has been a tension between art and truth. Art, v ia its link to the poetr y, t heater and rhetoric, was recognized as an illusion. Plato prohibited poetry in his utopian republic. He believes that it gives no truth of its own and by provoking em otions, hides the truth and causes m isleadin g. In the allegory of the cave in hi s R e p u b l i c , he emphasiz ed that the truth is abs olute an d art is nothing but an illusion . T his Platonic view of truth still domina tes the Western philosophy up to now (Lakoff & Johns on, 1980, pp. 189 – 190). Aristotle, in contrast to Plato, had a positive attitud e towards poetry and esp ecially to th e use of metaphor. In the Poetics says, “ It is a great thing, indeed, to make proper use of the poetic forms, [...] but the greatest thin g by far is to be a master of metaphor ” (Aristotle, 2014, p. 5003). Moreover, in Rhetoric he points out to the advantage of using metaphor and says, “ Ordinary wo rds convey only what we know alread y; it is fro m metaphor that we can best get ho ld o f something fresh ” (Aristotle, 20 14, p. 4820). Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 14 During the Renaissance, the modern philosophy took the theory of m etaphor from Aristotl e, but his intension, the power of giving insight, was neglected and the empirical science, in We stern thought, b ecame a m easure to r ecognize the truth (La koff & Johnson, 198 0, p. 190). C onsequently , the praise of scienc e pushed the poetr y, rhetoric and metaph or aside. Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) in his L e v i a t h a n attacks o n metaphor, because he finds the m deceptive. According to him, metaphors are “ ignes fatui; and reasoning upon them is wandering amongst innumerable absurdities; and their end, contention and sedition, or co ntemp t ” (Hobbes , 1651, Part. 1, Chap. 5). He believes that the absurdity of metaphors is in “ the use o f metaphor s, tropes, and other rhetoric al figures, instead o f word s proper. For though it be lawful to say, for example in com mo n sp eech, the way goeth, o r leadet h hither, or thither; the proverb says this or that, whereas ways cann ot go, nor pr overbs speak; yet in reckoning, and seeking of truth, such speeches are n ot to be ad mitted ” (Hobbes , 1651, Par t. 1, Chap. 5). John L ocke (1632-1704), li kewise Hobbes, had the same attitude towards figurative speech. In hi s A n E s s a y C o n c e r n i n g H u m a n U n d e r s t a n d i n g dem onstrat es his objection and recognizes metaphors agains t the trut h: If we would speak of things as they are, we must allow t hat all the art of rhetoric, besides o rder and clearness; all the artificial and figur ative app lication of words eloquence hath invented, are for nothing else but to insinuate wro ng ideas, move the passi o ns, and thereby mislead the judgment; and so indeed ar e perfect cheats: and th erefore, how ever laudab le o r allowab le orat ory ma y render them in harangues an d popular addresses, they are certainly, in all discourses that pretend to inform or instruct, wholly to be avoided; and where truth an d kn owledge are c o ncerned, cannot but be thought a great fault, either of the language o r person that m akes use of them. [...] It is ev ident how much men love to deceive and be deceived, since rhet oric, that powerful instrumen t of error and deceit, has its establ ished professors, is publicly taught, and ha s always been had in g reat r eputation (Locke, 17 05, Book 3, Chap. 10) . The empiricists had “ fear of met aph ors ” (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980, p. 191). In the v iew of em pirici sm , all concepts have root in experience and they are about or applicable to things that can b e experienced. They believ e that all rationall y acceptab le beliefs can be justified or known through experience. For them word s have proper meaning which enab les the expression of truth. This v iew was in contrast with subjectivists ’ tradition who prais ed emotion and imagin ation. For empiricists the app lication o f m etaph or was an impr oper u se of w ords, which inci tes emotion and i magination and consequently misl eads thought from truth and moves towards illusi on. This o bjection and fear of metaphor is expressed cl early by Samuel Park er (1640-1687) : All those Theories in Philosophy which are expressed only in m etaphorical Termes, are not real Truths, but the meer products of Imagination, dress ’ d up (like Child rens babies ) in a f ew spangled empty words.. .. Thus their wanton and luxuriant fancies climbing up into the Bed of Reason , do not only defil e it by unchaste and illegitimate Embraces , but instead of real co nceptions and no tice s of Things, impregnat e the mind with n othing but Ayerie and Subventaneous Phantasmes (Par ker, 1666, pp. 75 – 76) . With the d evelopment of s cience and te chnology durin g the Indu strial Revoluti on on the one hand and recognizin g this revolu tion as a dehumaniz ing phenomenon o n the other, philosophers and artists tried to react by devel oping the Romantic tradition. They claimed that science, reason and Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 15 technology es tranged m an from himself an d the natural environment. William Wordsworth (1770- 1850) and Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), for example, rejected reason and science, and praised imaginati o n and emotion as a natural way to achieve the truth and self-u nderstanding . They proposed poetry and art as “ the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings ” and the way back to nature and humanity (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980, pp. 191 – 192). Consequentl y, this way o f thinking caused a gap be tween artis ts and the prevailin g dir ec tion of s ociety. The R omantics tradition ignored rati o nality and b y ad o pting subjectivis m ide ology and es tablishing its own spher e, emphasiz ed the di vision of reas on an d imaginati o n. Simult aneously the ideolog y o f objectivism was becoming m ore powerful than before. In v arious scientifi c field s, business, m edia and government, objectivists had m ore p o wer in so ciety and had a d ominant situati o n to disseminate their ideologi es with respect to Romantics. Subjectivists also established their sphere and moved toward other fields such as art and religion . The spher e of subjectivis ts is mo stly known, by themselves “ as an append age to the realm of objectivis m and a retreat for the emotions and the imagination ” (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980, pp. 191 – 192). Since the 20th century, metaph or has beco me the matter o f discussion by m any authors, and this is because o f fund amental changes and “ philos ophical revoluti o ns ” in the theory o f language (Nuessel, 2010, p. 230). In the mid-20th century, m etaphor was highly praised and reevaluated. During the 1960s, the view on metaphor as an i mproper use of wo rds or simply a way to express complex notions was changed. Instead, the other qualities of metaphor, which until that period were ignored, such as dangerousnes s, creativity and dynamism drew attentions. In addition to that, one fundam ental qualit y of m etaphor has discovered , and that was the ability of describing new finding s especially in the fi eld o f technology (Hauser, 2013, p. 105). The reevalua tio n o f m etaphor influenced even the concep t o f everyday language and had two great effects . First, metaphor s uncovered the ineff ectiveness in the static concept of language, and second, they granted high creativity t o language, as H auser herein says: Their discussions open ed up the perspecti ve o f more dynamic approaches to meaning in general; t hey emphasiz ed the basic role of metaphors in o ur ways of understand ing the wo rld and stressed their creati v e potential. Metaphors have to be seen as dynamic features, creating and/or conveying sense in any processes of communicati on and thus in creative processes of any kind (Hauser, 2013, p. 107). The basic role of m etaphor is to creat e knowledg e and help us to underst an d an unknown phenomenon in terms o f a known phenomenon. This function allo ws human to de scribe n ew finding s or even re-unders tand our previ ous experien ces. In o ther words, m etaphors are capable to create new meanings (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980, p. 1 39). This happens by interacting the vehicle (known par t) and topic (u nknown part) of metaphorical expressi on. A creative pot entiality t o generate new m eaning and new understanding. These notions will be discussed in detail in the theories of metaphor and f eatures of metap hor s subs ect ions in this chapter. 1.4 The ori es o f m etap ho r Most of the theories abou t metaphor can be summariz ed into two eminent theories. First, is the comparison theory and introduced by Arist otle. In this theory, two objects or concept s are compared in the fo rm of A is B. This approach is used to highlight the resemblance of entities or notions. The co mparison theo ry has a variation, which is the sub stitution the o ry, which implies the substitution of a figurative term for a literal one. In this approach, an expression is used to mean, or address, something else and the process of d ecodin g the phrase is done b y he arer. In the phrase Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 16 Achilles is a lion, the term lion substitutes for Achilles t o r ender h o w h e was b rave and fearless. The essence o f c omparison or sub stitution theory is based on this assump tion th at there is literal languag e, which is neutral and precise, and it is completely in contrast with figurative languag e in poems, litera ture and rheto rical o rnaments . Second is the interacti o nist theory, which has been the prevailing on e since the 20th cen tury. This the ory i s in contrast with the comparison view o f metaphor and suggests that there is an interacti o n of concepts in a metaphoric expression which must be seen at sentence-level rather than isola ted words. It is, the co nstitue nt elem ents of a metaphor are conceptually associated and this association brings forth new meaning (Nuessel , 2010, p. 231). Frank Nuess el in his F i g u r a t i v e L a n g u a g e : S e m i o t i c s (2010, pp. 231 – 237) explains the most pro minent metap hor theoreticians and their theori es as follow. Aris totle (3 84 – 3 22 BCE ) Aristotle is known as the fir st person who intr oduced the ter m metaphor in his Poetics and Rhetoric. The word metaph o r in Greek i mplies “ to carry beyond ” or “ to transfer ” and Ari stotle by use of thi s term refers to comparis on or transference of mea ning between two objects . Arist otle ’ s view towards metaph or is known as literalist and comparative (Nuessel, 2010, p. 231). According to his literalist approach, metaph or stands in contrast to ordinary languag e. This approach today is known as the comparis o n theory o f metaphor, i.e. ‘ A is B ’ or ‘ A implies B ’ . He defin es metaphor in P o et i c s in the discussion of different applications o f words and states: “ A metaphor is the application of a word that belongs to another thing: either from genus to species, species to genus, species to species, or b y analogy ” (Ari sto tle, 19 95, p. 105). The firs t type, genus to spe cies, refers t o m embership of an entity to a certain grou p. For exampl e, in “ My ship stands here: mooring is a kind o f standing ” (Aristo tle, 1995, p. 105). In this m etaphor ‘ stand ’ is the genus and ‘ mooring ’ is the species. Similarly, in ‘ human is a kin d of o rganism, ’ ‘ organism ’ is the genus and ‘ human ’ is the spe cies. The sec ond t ype refers to speci es to genus. For example, when the author says, “ Ten tho usan d noble deeds has Odysseus a ccomplished, ” the ter m “ ten thousand ” signifies “ many ” (Aristotle, 1995, p. 105). Corresponding ly, in th e ‘ billions o f peopl e are settled in the cities, ’ th e term ‘ billions ’ means ‘ ma jority. ’ The third type refers to species to species. In the two expressions “ drawing off the life with bronze ” and “ cutting with slender-edg ed bronze, ” the “ drawing off ” and “ cutting ” are kind s of removin g (Aristotle, 1995, p. 105). This type of m etaphor, according to Umberto Eco (1984, pp. 92 – 93) , is recognized as a metaphor of thre e terms, in which th e “ dra wing off ” (t erm1) an d “ cutting ” (term 2) are two cases of the more general t erm “ removing . ” The process wor ks as below: Species > Genus > Species Drawing off > Removing > Cutting In a similar manner, in the ‘ city is organism ’ and ‘ hum an is organism, ’ the ter ms ‘ city ’ and ‘ human ’ are conceived as t wo cases of a more general gr o up ‘ organism. ’ If we consid er ‘ city ’ as a species o f human settle ments, the pr o cess will b e (See Figu re 2 ): Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 17 Species > Genus > Species City > Organis m > Human Figure 2 : A metaphor of three elements and their relationship. Afte r Eco. p. 92 Eco says that there must be a similari ty between term1 an d term2 t o allo w u s the passage b etwee n these three terms. He calls the term1 “ metaphorizing ” and the term2 “ metapho rized ” which are related to ter m3 “ an inter mediary term ” as below (See Figure 3 ): Figure 3: The relationship between the elements of metaphor (x,y) and the produced meaning (z). In Eco. p. 93 This type provided the ground for many theoretician s on which they based their own view s of theories of metaphors (Eco, 1 984, pp. 92 – 93). Nuessel believes that this type o f metaphor may be the best type, which illustrates the 20th-century appr oach in which m etaphor is co nsidered as a tripartite concept. In this concept the noti on of metaphor consists of a tenor (metaphoriz ed term) and a vehicle (the metaphoriz ing term) and a ground (the meaning which is created by interaction of metaphorized and m eta phorizing te rms) (Nuessel, 2010, p. 232). Regarding this approach, the third type of Aristotle ’ s met aphor has the fo rm of (A (B) C), in which ‘ A ’ is the tenor, ‘ C ’ is the vehicle and ‘ B ’ is the ground, the intermedi ary term o r the meaning which metaphor intends to supply. The tenor i s the topic of met aph or about that we are talki ng, and is called A-referen t. The vehicle is th e known and concr ete object and is called C-referen t. The ground is th e meaning of the c omparison, which is achieved by intera ctio n between tenor and vehicle and is called B-referent. The fo llo wing example explains this concept. In the sentenc e, ‘ city h as limits like a cell, ’ ‘ cell ’ i s the vehicle, ‘ city ’ is the t enor or topic, and the meaning crea ted by the connecti on of these tw o terms is the groun d. Cultural context will assign a specific m eaning to the v ehicle of a metaphor (Nue ssel, 2010, p . 232). In this case, the cultural co ntext in the field of urbanism. The fourth t ype of metaph or, analogy, consi sts of fou r elements. T o describe it, Aristotle giv es two examples. In the first example, he points to the analog y of tw o distinct o bjects and says, “ The win e bowl is to Dionysus as the shield to Ares ” (Aristotle, 1995, p. 105). In this example, he delineat es persons and their relative objects, which constitute the four elements o f analogy: Dionysus (A), bowl (B), Ares (C) and shield (D). He shows the relation ship between them in the fo llowing formula: (B) is to (A) as (D) is to (C) or (B):(A)::(D) :(C). This means: Bowl is t o Dionysus as shield is to Ares, or Dionysus:b owl::Ares:shield . To apply the analogy, it ca n be said the wine b owl is “ Dio nysus ’ shield ” and the shield “ Ares ’ wine bowl ” (Aristotle, 1995, pp. 1 05 – 107). In this example, the “ shield ” is a metaphor fo r “ bowl ” and the “ bowl ” is a met aph or for “ shield ” . Accordingly, the wine bowl is to Dionysus as the shield is to Ares. Eco points out some similarities and difference s in the elements of this example, which make this metaphor m eaning ful. D ionysus is the god of joy and peaceful City Human Org anism X Z Y Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 18 rites, while the Ar es is the g o d of death and war. From this stand point they are similar in being god, but dissimilar in their acti ons. The Bowl and shield are similar in terms o f shape, because both are round and concave, but they are dissimilar in functi o ns. Eco points out that the diversity of Dionysus and Ares as two opposite gods is fundamental in this metaphor and emphasizes, “ Therein is the metaphor ’ s cleverness , in making us see a certain resemblance between differ ent things ” (Eco, 1984, p. 95). In the second ex ample, Aristotle gives the following example: “ Old age is to life as evening to day ” (Aristotle, 1995, p. 107). In this type, there is a change in the arrange ment of elements in th e formula with respec t to the fir st t ype. Rather than fixing the sub jects an d chang ing their related objects, this formula compares two phenomenon in a parallel way. The elements are arranged according to the following formula : (A) is to (B) as (C) is to (D) or (A):(B)::(C):(D). This means: old age (A) is to life (B) as evening (C) is to day (D) or old age:life::evenin g:day. Therefor e, in this type of analogy th e cycle of the da y is compare d to the cycle of the life. In summary, the Aristotle ’ s view on metaph or contains three basic noti ons: By means of m etaphor the properties of entities ca n be exchanged and this helps to increase unders tanding Metaphor is cognitive, even though Aristotle does not explain it e xplicitly, but it is suggested The pair o f metaph or/meton ymy 1 illustrates th e foundation o f human thought and semiosis (Nuessel, 2010, p. 232). Nuessel p oints out that Aristotle ’ s theories in cludes d o ctrine o f sign s. In Aristo tle ’ s vi ew, w ords a re tripartite entities, which have f orm (pronunciation), referent (the p ointed object) and meaning. Furthermore, for Aristotl e, metaph or is a comparative device and “ making good metaphors requires the ability to grasp resemblances ” (Ari stotle, 1997, p. 153). A ccording to Nu essel, this way of looking is the c ompar ison model of metaphor, which was criticized over the centuri es; nevertheless , the premise is remained unchang ed. The Roman rhetorician Qui ntilian (ca. 35 – 100 A.D.) calls the Aristo tle ’ s v iew on metaphor as a subst itutive proce ss. He argues that, for exa mple, in the m etaphor ‘ John is a rat, ’ the te rm ‘ rat ’ represe nts th e vile and l oathsome properties of the animal and he claims that this is a deviation from the literal la nguag e (Nuessel, 2010, p. 232). The initial definition of metaphor introduc ed by Arist o tle p rovided us the base knowledg e for all future theoreticians and it has been referred for more than two m illennia. He did not off ered, any explanation about the extensive use of metaphors in language and it was in the 20 th century that systematic s tudies reveal ed the sci entific aspects of metap hors. Gi amb attis ta V ico (1 668 – 1 744 ) Vico was a Neapolit an philosopher and empiricist whose in vestigati on s into metaphor had a remarkable influence in the 20th c entury. He published his theory in his Th e N e w Sc i e n c e (1725) in which he focuses o n figurative language and especially on metaphor. In this stud y, he describes how human metaphors are used to under stand the un known phenomena in the wo rld. This b ook drew attentions of scientists in 20th century, becau se of the way in which Vico conceptualized languag e and metaphor. Vi co ’ s vi ew on lang uage is against th e French rationalist philosopher Ren é Descartes (1596-1660). Descartes b elieves that the ling uistic capability of hu m an i s inh erent rathe r than acquisitive. Vic o ’ s v iew, in contrast, inclu des a series of principles relat ed to the human knowledge and cognition. Vico in his theory dem onstrates how human learns and how language 1 Metonymy, like metaphor, is a figure of speech and implie s t o application of a word in which one ent ity refers to anoth er one that is related to it (Lakoff & J ohnson, 1980, p. 35). For exam ple using “the throne” to refer to the monarchy or “Silicon Valley” to refer to the software and hardware companies in the area of Silicon Valley. Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 19 develops. His premise in the develop ments of thought, language and metaphor can be summarize d in five principle s. First, thought is co rporeal. Vico, according to his e mpiricist vi ew of episte mology, believes that what humans learn about the world is through the senses, thus, our knowledge is sensory bas ed . In this view, to learn, the world must be experienced by means of our senses: v ision, he aring, to uch, smell and taste. We will use then this information systematically to categorize our knowledge through the conta ct with the external world. Second, thought is imaginati ve or image-creating. The visua l and culture dependent patterns allow us to recall our information which are stored in the mind iconically. In the language of the world most of the predicates which are synonymous with the verbs of knowing and understan ding have roots in visual percepti on. Prior to the systematic language , which we use today, “ preli nguistic peo ple ” used visual signs and basic images to comm unica te, as are e videnced at various archa eological fin dings. Third, thoug ht is configured in g estalt form, i.e., it functions by combining various segments, which provi de together a greater signi ficance than an y individual segment. Fourth, thought has an ecologic al basis. Vico believes that human language evolved through a series o f stages. Initially a gesture was used to represent an object or concept , then in the co urse o f time, these gestures were devel oped into complex verbal systems. The last, thought and its verbal m anifestati o n spee ch is metap horical in nature. Vico b elieves tha t, the process by which th o ught and lan guage dev eloped shows that lan guage is metaphorical. He arg ues that we express ourselves according to the exp eriences we have made in the world and categorize them in our brain. The essence o f Vico ’ s view on cogn itive aspect of metaphor can be revealed in his statement as h e says: In all languages the greater part o f the expressi ons relating to inani mate things are for med by metaphor from the human body an d its parts and from the human senses and passions. Thus, head for top o r beginning; ey es f or the looped heads o f screws and for windows letting light into houses (Vico, 1948, p. 116). He argues that wh en man does no t un derstand thing s he transfor m hims elf into th em to understand them (Vico, 1948, p. 117). This association of known things, especially human body, with unknown thin gs is “ th e essence of the new empiricist ling uistics ” (Nuessel, 2010, p. 233). This association is also emphasized by Lakoff and Johnson ’ s statement in which they state, “ we typically conceptualize the nonphys ical in terms of the physica l [...] the less clearly deline ated in terms o f the more clearly delineate d ” (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980, p. 59). Nuessel about the Vico ’ s theory on languag e says, “ His stance on languag e in general, and metaphor in particular, may be stated as axioms about th e originati o n of languag e and though t ” (Nuessel, 2010, p. 23 3). I. A. Ri char ds (1 893 – 1 979 ) Ivor Armstr ong Richards, the English rhetorician and literary critic, clai m s that thought is metaphoric and his theoretical metaphor ology pro vides the ground for later theoreticians lik e Lakoff and Johnson and their advocates. Ac cording to Nuessel, the Richards ’ claim means that metaphor constitute s the e ssence of episte mology. We acq uire knowledg e ab out our environmen t and ourselves by convertin g our co ncrete experience into abstract units o f that experience. This process allows us to categ o rize our experience fo r further use (Nuessel , 201 0, p. 234) . Richards explain in his treatis e T h e P h i l o s o p h y o f Rh e t o r i c (1968) some underlying notions about metaphor. His treaties is constitut ed a series of lectures under the name of M ary Flexner Lectures at Bry n Mawr University. In the fifth and sixth lectures Richards focuses on metaphor and rev eals some ra dical properties ab out t hem. In the fifth lec ture, Richards points o ut the traditional view on Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 20 metaphor as “ a g race or ornament or add ed power of langu age, not its constitutive for m ” (Richards , 1968, p. 90). In this lecture, he introduce s his revolutionary interactionist theory o f metaphor. He claims that the using of metaphor does not imply th e dichoto my of literal -figurative speech. Furthermore, h e emphasizes “ metaph or is the omnipresent princip le of languag e [and it] can be s hown by m ere observation. W e cannot g et through thr ee sentenc es of ordinary fluid disc ourse without it. ” (Richards, 196 8, p. 92). Richard s then introduces new terms in h is triadic configu ration of metaph or: “ tenor ” a s the topic or the unknown part of metaphor, “ vehicle ” as the known part, which comments on the topic, and “ ground ” is the meaning generated by interaction between the tenor and the vehicle. Richards builds his mo del upon Aristotle ’ s theor y in which m etaphor is the comparison of two objects (A is B) o r the sub stitution of one entity f o r another (A s tands for B). In Richards ’ m odel, the objects re m ain distin ct b ut there is a new element is his model: the domain of shared properties in which the new meaning is generated. This domain is configured as (A (X) B ), where A is tenor ( topic of metaphor) or the unkno wn part, B is the vehicle o r the known part o r a famili ar entity, and X is the ground or meaning generated by interacti on b etween th e tenor and the v ehicle. Therefore, the example of “ John is a rat, ” c auses the hearer to imagin e o ne image or property of one thing in terms of an other thing. It tries to depict a comparison betwe en the behavior and traits of a person and an animal, though in this case the similarit y is not plea sant. As Nuessel about this example notes, obviously a human and animal are distinct, but they share few properti es, e.g., animate, furtive, sneaky. Although these are few similarities but it is in this area (the ground of metaphor) that the new mean ings are generat ed. In the metaph or John is the tenor or topic, rat is th e vehicle, an d the shared prop erty betwe en John and rat is the ground o r meaning of metaphor. According ly, the metaphor attributes the loathsomeness o f rat to John . This meaning is provided by juxtaposition of tenor (John) an d vehicle (ra t). Never theless, Ri chards in his lecture use s the term “ interaction ” , but this term is mostly associated with Max Black who ree valuated it (Nuessel, 2010, p. 2 34). Nuessel emphasizes, this interaction strategy had a great influence o n scientific discoveri es to generat e ne w knowledge. He points out to William Harve y (1578-1657), who used a machine metaphor to ex plain the working mechan ism of the heart ’ s v alve s. Ri chards also p oints out the pervasi ve use and usefulness of metaphor in various scientifi c fields: Even in the rigid language of the settled sciences we do not eliminate o r prevent it without grea t diffi culty. In the semi-technicalised subjects, in aesthetics, politics, sociology, et hics, psychology, theory o f la nguage and s o on, our constant chief difficulty is to disco ver how we are using it and how o ur supposedly fixed words are shifting their senses. In philoso phy, above all, we can take no ste p safely without an unrelaxing awareness o f the metaph ors we, and our audience , may be employing (Richard s, 1968, p. 92). M ax B lac k (19 09 – 1 98 8) Max Black, th e British-Am erican philos opher, in troduces an other perspe ctive of interacti onist vi ew of metaph or. In his M e t ap h o r (1955), he enum erates seven claims, which ar e committed b y interaction vi ew of metaph or: A m etaphorical statemen t h as two dis tinct subjects a “ principal ” subject and a “ subsid iary ” one. These sub jects are often b est regard ed as “ systems of things ” , rather than “ thin gs ” . Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 21 The metaphor works by applying to the princip al subject a system of “ associa ted implications ” characteristic of the subsidiary subject. These implications usuall y consist of “ commonplaces ” about the subsidiary sub ject, but may, in suitable cases, cons ist o f devian t implicati ons established ad ho c by the wr iter. The m etaphor selects, emphasizes, suppresses, and organiz es features o f th e principal subject by impl ying state ments ab out it that nor mally apply to the subsidiary subj ect. This involves shifts in mea ning o f words belonging to the same famil y or system as the metaphorical expression ; and some o f these shifts, though not all, may be metaph orical transfers. (The sub o rdinate metaphors are, however, t o be read less “ e mphaticall y ” .) There is, in general, no simple “ ground ” for the necessary shifts of meaning - no blanket reason why some metaph ors work and others fail (Bla ck, 1955, pp. 291 – 292). Schroots in Me t a p h o r s o f A g i n g a n d C o m p l e x i t y ( 1991) recapitula tes the essence o f Black ’ s interactionist view. Ac cording to Schroots ’ o bservati on, metaphor is concerned to the systems of ideas and these systems are structured in particular manner. In addition, a metaphor functions by means of projection, which means that one subject allows us to sy ste matize another subje ct by highlig hting, filtering or other methods (Schroots, J. J. F, 1991, p. 222). Charles Peirce (1839-1914) , the American semiotician , for the process of interacti on between elements of metaphor applies the term “ abduction ” . He belie v es that abducti o n allows the hearer to hypothesize the correlation of the tenor and the vehicle of metaphor. That is, the hearer will be involved to u nderstand what kind of meaningfu l relationship between tenor and vehicle might be. Obviousl y, the m etaphor will not be underst ood, if the corre lation is less meaningfu l or oblique (Nuessel, 20 10, p. 234). Pau l Rico eur (19 13 – 200 5) Paul Ricoeur ’ s in vestigati on on m etaphor is known as one o f the major studies about m etaphor. He published his study in a volume of eight essays in 1977. In his study, he starts with Aristotl e ’ s definition of metaph or whose theory has been d ominant in western thought for about two millennia. In the second essay, he focus es on Pierre Fontanier (1765-184 4), the French writer, and describes how his taxonomic point o f view is unable to explain the produc tion of meaning. In the third essay, he studies metaph or and the semantics of discourse, which he calls it as ‘ key study ’ of his book. In this es say, h e fo cuses on metaphor up to th e level of “ statement-metaph o r ” and “ Word-m etaphor ” . The fo urth and fifth essays are the investig ation o f his structural ist view of metaphor. The sixth essay is an analysis of met aph or in level of discours e. In his sev enth essay, he discusses ab out metaphor and reference. In this essay, he tries t o find the relation between metaphor and reality. Ricoeur in each essay develops o ne specific point of view on m etaphor and put all together to create one complet e whole. Nuessel abo ut the importance of Ricoeur ’ s study says: What makes this volume valuab le is the author ’ s ability to anal yze the m ultiple approaches to metaphor in an o bjective fashion. Ricoeur brought to our attention that the study of metaphor means comin g to gri ps with the esse ntial nature of lang uage – meani ng and semantic deviati o n (Nuessel, 20 10, p. 235). Ge org e L akof f (b. 1 9 41 ) an d M ar k J ohn son (b. 194 9) Lakoff an d Johns on in their studies, de monstrate metaphor as an i mportant cogni tive devic e. Thei r individual and co llaborativ e researches have been a rem arkable contributi on in advancemen t of the knowledge about metaphor in the past quarter century. In their M e t a p h o r s W e L i v e By (198 0) , they apply their o wn approach toward s the study of co nceptual metaphor. An ap proach, which is now known as Conceptual Metaphor Theory. According to their theory, some metaphors derive Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 22 from general concep tual metap hors. For instance, the metaphor John is a rat is deriv ed fr om another general conceptua l metaphor, which compares the behavior o f human to animal. Such a comparison, regarding to the culture, may be positive , like Mary is a bunny rabbi t, or negativ e like John is a warthog. Ho wever, all three metap hors b elong to the general conc eptual metaphor PEOPLE ARE ANIMA L S. The conceptual metaphor PEOPLE ARE ANIMALS, especial ly in terms of predator animals, has been frequentl y used. When a metaph or associates predatory beha vior to a human, this metaphor is derived from the general metaphor PEOPLE ARE ANIMALS. A predator is an animal, which li ves by preying other weaker animals. Acco rdingly, this metap hor is commonl y used in media, particularly to address certain path etic crimes to those people who ex pl oit aged people, children or people with disab ilities (Nuessel, 2 010, p. 235). Nuessel in the followin g sentences (Nuess el, 2010, p. 235) shows ho w this conceptual metaphor is applied : The man stal ked his victi m for days. The outlaws hunted their prey surreptiti ously. The crimin al pursued his q uarry relentlessl y. In these exa mples, the con ceptual metaph or PEOPLE ARE AN IMALS associat es the savagery aspect of ani mals to hu m an and evokes negati ve e motion o f hearer. Such an ap proach i s emplo yed also i n the CITY IS ORGANISM. When a metaphorical expression as parks are lungs , associates a human organ to a city element, it is based o n the conceptual metaphor CITY IS ORGANISM. This conceptual metaphor pr ovides a basis fo r several other metaphorical expressions: City is sub ject to decay and illness City, like hu m an body, is composed of parts and whole City is sub ject to evolution Conceptual metaphor is compos ed o f two parts, which are called d omains. The first part is called source domain. This is the known element or v ehicle or the B -referent of metap hor. The second part is called target domain. This is the unknown element or teno r, topic or A-refer ent o f metaphor. In the conceptual metapho r CITY IS ORGANISM, the term city is the target domain o r the topic of metaphor and the term o rg anism is the sourc e o r vehicle, which carries the mean ing of metaphor to the hearer. Accordingly, application o f m etaphor is the process of mapping one domain into another. For Lakoff and Jo hnson, metaphor is not simply a linguistic o rnament or d eviation from literal language. On their v iew, the application of metaphor is a cognitive pr ocess, which helps us to map one domain to another in order to increase o ur understanding of an unknown phenomenon in terms of the known. A s they emphasize, “ the essence of met aph or is understan ding and experiencing one kind of th ing in terms of another ” ( Lakoff & J ohnson, 1980, p. 5) . Another example o f conce ptual metaphor, discussed by Lakoff and Johns on, is the ARGUMENT IS WAR. This met aph or, as they underline, is widely reflected in our daily langua ge. The fo llo wing sentences are some deri ved expressions: ARGUMENT IS WAR Your claims are indef ensible . He attacked every weak po int in my argu ment. His criticisms were right on target . I demolished his a rgument. I ’ ve never won an argument with him. You disagree? Okay, shoot ! If you use tha t strategy , he ’ ll wipe you out . He shot down all of my arg uments. (Lakoff & John son, 1980, p. 4) . Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 23 The o ther significant exam ple is the co nceptual meta pho r TIM E IS MONEY. This m etaphor, which comes from western cultur e, is reflected in c ontemporar y English: TIME IS MONE Y You ’ re wasting my time. This gadget will save you h ours. I don ’ t have the time to giv e you. How do you spen d your time these days? I ’ ve invested a lot of time in her. You ’ re running out of time. You need to budg et your ti me. Do you have much time left ? He ’ s living on borrowed tim e. Thank you for y our time. (Lakoff & Johnson, 19 80, p p. 7 – 8) . This way o f looking to the time depend s on the culture and the way of li ving in a society. L akoff and Johnson ab out the root of TIME IS MONEY in Engli sh culture say : Time in o ur cul ture is a valuable commodity. It is a li mited res o urce that we us e to accomplish our goals. Because o f the way that the concept of work has developed in mo dern Western culture, where wo rk is typically associated with the time it takes and time is precisely quantified, it has become customary to pay people by the hour, week, or year. In our culture TIME IS MONEY in many ways: telephone message units, hourly wages, hotel room rates, yearly budgets, interest on loans, and paying yo ur debt to s ociety by “ serving time. ” These practices are relatively new in the histo ry o f the human race, and by no m eans do they exist in all cultures. They have arisen in moder n industrialized soci eties and structure our basic everyda y activities in a very profound way. Correspondin g to the fact that we act as if ti me is a valuable co mmodity - a limited resource, even money - we conceive of time that way. Thus we understand and experience time a s the kind o f thing th at can b e spent, wasted, budgeted, invested wisely o r poorly, saved, or squandered. (L akoff & Johnson, 1980, p. 8) Such co nceptual m etapho rs in a lan guage ar e numerous and each culture focuses on and emphasizes cer tain aspects of these metaphors. Lakoff and Johnson thr ough their studies durin g the 1980s present ed a model of metaph or by which they de monstrated ho w our c oncrete experi ence is c onverted int o abstrac t concepts and stored in a s ystematic way in our brain. The fundamen tal element o f their th eoretical construction of conceptual metaphor is the Image-Schema. Johnson in T h e B o d y i n t h e M i n d (1987) explains, the image schema “ operate[ s] at a level of mental organiz ation that falls between abstract propositional st ructures, on the one side, and particul ar concrete image s, on the other. ” (Johns on, 1987, p. 29). He argues, in order to have capability to structure and recall our experience in a meaningful way, there must be an order and pattern in our percep tio n, ac tion and conceptualizati on. This co nfiguration o ccurs by means of image schema, “ a recurrent pattern, shape, and regularity in, or o f, these o ngoing ordering activities. These patterns emerge as meaningful struc tures for us chiefly a t the level o f our bodily mo vements thr ough space, our manipulation of objects, and our perceptual interacti ons. ” (J ohnson, 1987, p. 29) . Therefore, imag e schema helps us to categorize our experiences systematically by means of asso ciating the new experiences to the known and ex isting catalogs. Johnson emphasizes that the image sche m a does Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 24 not have a fix form and it is flexible mental icon rather that a photographic im aginati on. He conceives it as “ structure for o rganizin g our expe rience and comprehensi o n ” which helps us to fi t our new experiences into a mutable shapes or patterns and give it m eaning and may repr esent and of the sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste senses. Nuessel for each the senses gives an ex ample from English languag e to show that the image schema is so deeply rooted in our dail y language that are not easil y recognizable : A sight to beh o ld (sight) The roar of the crowd (sou nd) A clammy fe eling (touch) A sweet fla vor (taste) Th e smell of greasepaint (smell) (Nuessel , 2010, p. 236) Lakoff in his W o m e n , F i r e , a n d D a n g e r o u s T h i n g s (1987), in chapters 8 and 9, illu strates the image schema through the syste matic gra mmatical reflexes. He shows that there are expressions in English, which imply membershi p in a prototypical cat egory. That is, they ind icate clearly that if an object b elongs to a certain category stri ctly or loosely. This association is stated b y expressions like a kind of, sort of, essentiall y and many other words to s how the quality of member ship. According ly, the sentence “ a dolp hin is a ma mmal ” indicates strictl y mem bershi p of this animal to th e mammal category, while “ a dolphin is a kind o f mammal ” places dolphin at the margin of mammal ’ s image- schematic c ategorizati on. The studies of Lakoff and Johnson in the analysis o f metaphor consists of a continuum researc h starting from Arist otle ’ s theory. They based th eir conceptual metaphor theory upon the pre - existing scholarships. Karl Bühler (1879 -196 3) was one the scholars who, at the beginning of 2 0th century, did res earches on met aph or in the proverbi al language. In the middle of 20th century, three psychol ogists Charle s Osgood (19 16 – 1991), B. F. Skinner (1904 – 199 0) and Solomon As ch (1907 – 199 6) developed th e studies on metaphor. Howev er, the most influential sc holars were I.A. Richards and Max Black who provided the basis of interacti onist view of met ap hor to Lakoff and Johnson (Nues sel, 2010, p. 237). In their M e t a p h o r s W e Li v e B y , Lakoff and Johnson demonstrat e their view o n metaphor, importance an d it s u se in o ur dail y life. They have fou nd that metaphor is not only pervasive in our daily languag e, but also in thought and action. Our con ceptual syste m by means of which we think and act is basi cally metaph o rical in na ture: The concepts that govern our thought are not jus t mat ters of the in tellect. They also govern o ur everyday functionin g, down to the most m undane details. Ou r concepts structure what we perceive , how we get around in the world, and how we relate to other people. Our conceptual system thus plays a central role i n defining our everyday reali ties (Lakoff & Johns o n, 198 0, p. 3) . Although our conceptual syste m has a fundamental effect o n our daily life, but we are n ot n o rmal ly aware of that. T o un derstand how it st ructures our thought and ac tio ns Lakoff and Johnson recourse to the language. They argue that our co mmunication, thought and actions are based on the same conceptual system. Therefore, languag e is an im portant sourc e to find out how this system works. Th ey claim that the conceptual system, the activity and conseque ntly the language are metaph orically struc tured: Metaphor is not jus t a matter of languag e, that is, of mere w ords. We shall argue that, on the contrary, human tho ught processes are largely m etaphoric al. This Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 25 is what we mean when we say that the hu man conceptual syst em is metaphoricall y structured and defined. Metaph ors as linguistic expressions are possible precisely because there are metaphors in a per son ’ s conceptual syste m (Lakoff & Johns on, 1980, p. 6) . They see langu age as a so urce of data and a gu ideline to find out general principles of understandin g. These princ iples comprise the whole systems of conc epts and n o t just sing le word s or an isolated concept. The y found that these principles are basical ly metaphori c in natur e and we und erstand one kind of experience in terms of an other kind of experience. Lakoff and Johns on classify metaphors in thre e types : Structural metaph ors : one less concr ete concept is metaphoricall y structured in terms of another more concrete one: ARGU MENT IS WAR , TIME IS A RESOURCE, LABOR IS A RESOURCE. Orientationa l metaph ors : spatial orientations (up-down, in-out , front-back e tc.) which ar e experienced by our body are projected o nto abstract experiences or concept s: HAPPY IS UP, SAD IS DOWN, MORE I S UP, LESS IS DOWN , RATIONAL IS UP , EMOTIONA L IS DOWN. Ontolo gical metapho rs or physical metapho rs : in this type abstract entities are considered as tangible en tities: IDEAS ARE OBJECT, INFLA TION IS AN ADVERSARY, THE MI ND IS A MACHINE. This classification, especially s tructural and ontologica l met aph ors, are pervasi ve in the discussion of hu man metaphors in architecture and urbanism. Fo r ex ample, ‘ parks are lungs ’ associates a place (park) to an object (lung). This o ntol ogical metaphor does not imply that CITY IS ORGANI SM ; i t remains at the level o f comparing two physical objects. While CITY IS HUMAN provides a basis to structure the c oncept of city, which comprises parks are lung s as well. In this la tter example, park s are lungs becomes the entailment of CITY IS HUMAN . The practical ap plication of these classifications in architectu re and urbanism will be see n in chapter 2. In their researches, Lakoff and Johnson found that there is experiential grounding , systematicity and coherency in the metap horical concepts. Our experiential background allows us to interpre t a metaphor in a non-arbitr ary way. A metaphor can be useful for unders tanding a co ncept jus t according to our experiential basis. The systematici ty and coherency establis h a relationshi p between metaphors, which are b ased on the same co ncept. For ins tance, most of the basic concepts, which we use in our daily language, are organiz ed based on o ne o r more spa tialization metaphors. A metaphor like GOOD IS UP associates the meaning of we ll-being to the o rientati on UP . This association gives a systematic coherency with other metaphors like HAP PY IS UP, HEALTH IS UP and A LIVE IS UP. Experiential grounding has an important role in the scientific discourse s too. They state that the concepts in a scientific th eory are often describ ed based on metaph ors with physical and/o r cultura l basis. For instanc e, the term “ high ” in “ hig h-energ y particles ” is based o n conceptual metaphor MORE IS U P; in p sychology the “ h igh-le vel fun ctions ” is based on RA TIONAL IS UP and in phonology the term “ low ” in “ low-lev el phonology 2 ” is based o n MUNDANE REALITY IS DOWN. In a scientific theory, what is i mportant is the appropriate use of metaph or in a way tha t fits one ’ s experienc e. The systematicit y and coh erency of metaphors allows us to evaluate the sourc e of metaphor and choose the conceptual metaphor more accura tely. For example, in structuring the concept of city by another concept the syst ematicity and coherenc y notions remind us to consider the entailm ents. 2 The term refers to detailed phonetic aspects of the sound systems of languages (Lakoff a nd Johnson, 1980, p . 19) Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 26 CITY IS LION, f or exa mple, e ntails som e adje ctives, as ci ty is predator that affects our conception of city. In addition structurin g city by two different conceptual metaphors for a single purpose of discussion, e.g., CITY IS HU M AN and CITY IS MACHIN E entails some metaph orical expressions, which are not coher ent. For example, CITY IS HUMAN entails city has soul , city e motionaliz es , etc. while CITY IS MACHINE entails city is inanimate , city does not change , et c. Combinin g these tw o conceptual met aph ors in one place at the same time leaves no place to discuss about the organic growth of city, because the y cannot create a coherent system with r elative sets of metaphors. Lakoff and Johnson put their “ experientialist ” approach in co ntrast with o bjecti vists and subjectivists approach towards truth and meaning. According to o bjecti vists, the wo rld is m ade of objects with clearly define d inherent properties. Thes e o bjects have absolute meaning s which are independent of time and who experience them (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980, p. 202). Subjectivists believe that our experienc es have no structure and, consequentl y, there is no external con straints upon meaning and truth (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980, p. 224). The experi entialist approach tries to “ bridge the gap ” between absolute of objectivists and purely intuition of subjectivists. They belie ve that: Truth is relativ e to understandin g, which means that ther e is no absolut e standpoint from which to obtain absolute o bjective truths about the world. This does not mean that ther e are no trut hs; it means o nly that truth is relative to our conceptual system, which is groun ded in, and constantl y tested by, our experiences and those of other members o f our cul ture in our daily interactions with o ther pe ople and with our physical and cultural envir onments (Lak off & Johnson, 198 0, p. 193). The connection between objectivists and subjectivis ts view, in comparing city to human, allows us to see both inherent properties and experimental properti es of human anal ogy. An objectivist approach may lead us to establish a universal fo rm ula for the city, like Martin i and Plato (see chapter 4 ). While the combination tw o views all ows us to see the city as a process, which is subjec t to change and related to the environmen t, like Geddes, the Metabolists and Team 10. The understandin g of experient ialist approach gi ves us a better insig ht t o interpret th e anthropol ogica l urban theories and pract ices, because in this approach both the inherent properties of a phenomenon and sub jecti ve (interacti onist) properti es are consider ed. Ron ald W ayn e L anga cker (b. 194 2) Ronald Wayne Langacker, the American linguist, in his research about me taphor articulates the observation of Lakoff and Johnson on conceptual metaphor in his cognitive gram mar. Langacker relies o n the Lakoff and Johnson ’ s claim in which they assert that m etaphor is basic to human epistemology. As described previously, metaphor funct ions by transferring a concept from a known thing (source domain o r vehicle) to an unknown thing (target domain or topic or tenor). In this procedure, the transfer of co ncept from s ource t o target is call ed projecti on an d the whole procedure is called metaph oric process, an ap proach t hat is common a mong th e theore ticians. For example, Danesi and Perron, a ccording to this appr oach, define metaph or as “ the ability of the human brain to convert experience into abstraction via the mapping of so me so urce domain onto a target d omain to produce an abstract concept (Danesi & Perron, 1999, p. 175). What Langacker reveals is establishing the connection between the co nceptua l metaphor a nd the language grammar. More pre cisely, he correlates categorizati on in language grammar t o the structuring of a concept. Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 27 Lakoff and Johnson in their notio n of conceptual metaphor demonstrat e that some aspects of English grammar reflect the image schema. Langac ker in his study (Langacke r, 1991, pp. 1 – 3 2) reveals the connecti on between the formati on of concept and grammar. The core of his argumentati on is depicted i n the following stage s: First, we e xperience our environment by means of our senses Second, the re ceived inf ormation is transformed into image sche mas like shape s In the third st age, the i mage sche ma is converted into conceptual metaph o rs In the final stage, the whole informati on is tran sformed into the lin guistic cat egories in the form of gram matical and l exical In his stud y, Langack er provides particular example s from differ ent lang uages to demonstrate h ow his theory works. A simpli fied and summarized example is his explanati on about the “ abs tract motion ” of the verb ‘ go ’ , by which he describes how this verb grammaticized through the projectio n of basic concepts into the English grammar. The verb ‘ go ’ im plies motion, but often it evolves into the sign of fu ture t ense, lik e ‘ He is going to finish soon ’ . This exa mple show a se mantic shift, where the spati al concept ‘ m oving awa y fr om the speaker ’ is transferred into temporal concept. In spa tial sense, the verb implies a concrete action, which is a movement from one p oint to another point. Yet, in temporal sense, it implies an abstract movement through future time. Langacker claims that , many languages in this way unites the spatial and temporal concepts into one single verb . (Langacker, 1991, pp. 149 – 163) This explanation is the barest essential o f L ang acker ’ s complex discussion about the seman tic shift from spatial to temporal. It serves to illustrate how a conceptual system can be converted fr om concrete e xperience t o an abstract n otion in langu age grammar. 1.5 The me ch ani sm of u nde rstan din g In order to analyze the understanding process o f metaphor, it is requ ired to know the general mechanism of understandi ng m eanings and how i s a situation in real world understood. The first part of this secti on illustrat es the g eneral understand ing process of both direc t (n on -m etaphoric ) and indirect (metaphoric) expressions. The second p art develops the various models of metaphor comprehensi on and discus ses about the critiqu es on t he prominent the o ries and mod els. M ode ls o f dir ec t an d indir ect un der st andin g In the process of understa nding and search for meaning the ability of creating, understan ding and use of signs has an importan t guiding role. Marc el Danesi and Paul Perron in their An alyzing Culture s (Danesi & Perron, 1 999, pp. 67 – 73) describes how signs allow us to est ablish a co nnection between human consciousn ess and the en vironment in a meaningfu l way. Since prehist oric peri ods, signs have reas sured us that there i s continuity, purpos e and meaning to life. Capacity of creating an d usin g signs helps h umans to cope efficiently with imp o rtant aspects of human b eings like underst anding, planning , socializing and communicatin g. Cultu re, as a system of shared meaning s, is an outcome o f this capacity an d it is bas ed on signifying order. This order consists o f a complex syst em of various types o f signs, which are cohered systematicall y and they create together a pattern, which allows certain gr oup o f people to exchange messages and codify meanings. The an alysis o f t his order allows us to hav e a syste matic vi ew on a culture as a containe r of sings and their meaning s. In this an alysis, theo retical semiotics is a way to invest igate the nature , origins, pr operties and fun ctio n of sig ns. The main obj ective of se miotics is t o understand bo th the capacity of brain to make and understand signs, known as semiosis, and the way this capacit y help s us for knowledg e making, known as r epresentation. Semiosis, as Danesi and Perron define that, “ is the neurobiol ogical capaci ty itself that und erlies th e producti on and comprehens io n of signs, from Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 28 simple physiological signals to those that reveal a highly complex symbolis m ” and representati on “ is a deliberate use of signs to probe, classify, and hence kno w the world ” (Danes i & Perron, 1999, p. 68) . According to Danesi and P erron, the difference between semiosis and representa tio n is observabl e in early childhood. An infant starts to explore an object by using h/er 3 senses like tou ching, smelling, tasting, looking and listening to its so und. This phase of exploration in which a child tries to know or cognize the object by means of h/er sensory apparatus is called sensory co gniz ing. This allows the child to recogniz e the same o bject subsequ ently witho ut exa mining with h/ er sensor y system again. As the child grows, tends to engage more semi osic beha vior rather that sensory cognizing . This is done by imitating the s ounds of objects or poin ting them by index finger. By means of this strategy the child starts to produce the most basic type of sign which allows h/er to substitute the sign for the object. This sub stitution is called displacement. Over time the child becomes skilled at using sign s to repres ent h/er en v ironment in a displaced manner. It is, to repres ent - present again - some refer ents with the s ign. As the child represents the world b y signs, makes a ps ychosocial c onnection be tween h/er sensory states and h/er consci ous about the world. For h /er, the signs function as “ representational glue ” which connects the body, the mind and the world in a holistic fashion. The signs allow the child to use them for thinking, pla nning, and negotiate meaning with others. In this way the child gain s access to the knowledge domain of h/er culture. Initially the child compares h/er representat ions to those signs which s/ he obtained from h/er context. By being long term in such context and usag e of certain signs, those signs become dominant in the c hild and regu late h/er tho ug hts, actions and behavior. Danesi and P erro n illustrate the interconnection of the body, the m ind and the culture as follows (See Figu re 4). Figure 4 : The interconnection of the body, the mind and the culture. In Danesi & Perron. p. 69 3 Danesi and Perron use th e ter m “h/er” to indicate his or her and “s/h e” to refer she or he. Input from the world Body through S EMIOSIS the child uses the body to make signs t o refer to obje c ts Mind through R EPRESENTATION the child develops th e ability to think of objects in terms of the signs that ref er to them (displacement) Culture through the S IGNIFYING O RDER the child acquires the signs that s /he is exposed to in context Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 29 The signif ying order allows us to organize our raw inf ormation, which are proce ssed by means of our sensory apparatus, into meaningful wholes. Cons equently, unders tanding the world does no t happen in a d irect mo de and is mediated by signs. It is, by referring to certain domain s of knowledge within m ind-spac e that hel ps to ex tract m eanings. Da nesi and Perron compare sig nifying o rder to the default m ode of compu te r soft ware. A c om puter h as an initial for mat , which is called the defaul t mode. This f ormat is intenti o nally alterable by a specialist o r program mer, otherwise the c omputer functions according to it o rigin al fo rmat. In a similar fashion, the signifying order functions as the human being ’ s default mode of understanding the world. Howe ver, like a computer pr ogrammer, any person can also decide to change h/er own fo rmat. This is the point in which starts “ the paradox of the human co ndition ” . It is, each individual tries to alter h /er knowledge domain s which ar e provided by the signifying order. When the existing categories o f signifying orde r fail a human in finding a n ew or prof ound meaning, then s/he us es h/er innate capaci ty f or semi osis to change th e default mo de. In course of time and in a larger scale, multiple changes in the signifyin g order ’ s format causes evolution an d change within a culture. Signifying o rders are produced by hu man beings, therefore they do not have a fix format. They are constantly chang e to suit our new demands. The foll o wing graphic shows the tripart ite pr ocess o f und erstan ding o r c odifying meanings and th e relationsh ip among semiosi s, repres entation and the signifying (See Figure 5). Figure 5 : The tripartite process of understanding or codifying meanings. In Danesi & Perro n. p . 70 Thomas Albert Sebeok (1920-200 1) in his S i g n s (2 001, pp. 139 – 149) devel ops a modeling system to explain the process o f crea ting and understandin g o f signs. His model co nsists of three modeling systems. The primar y modeling system is the mental system, which receive s raw information fr om the environment. This system e stablishes the basis for the representa tional operations such as indication and imitati on. The secondary o ne is also a mental system, in which the concrete received inputs are converted into abstracts. Sebeok points out that language is a result of this mo deling system by which th e prima ry in puts are u sed to produ ce linguistic signs. In the tertiary, the primary and the secondary systems are developed into a complex schema of cultural signs such as literature and various types o f arts. The combination of th ese three systems, especially the third modeling system, is m etaphorical in nature, “ because the cultural signs stand for differe nt aspects of the culture, e.g., an Italian opera is a higher order syst em of signs (verbal, musical, artisti c) that incorporates man y essenti al aspects of the I talian culture. ” (Nuessel, 20 10, p. 238). The production of metaph or is a particular exa m ple of this tripartite proce ss. It is, the raw information is receiv ed from the env iron ment by means o f bodily experien ce, and then, this S EMIOSIS Innate capacit y to produce and comprehend sign s R EPRESENTATION Activity of using signs to refer to an obj ect , a being, etc. S IGNIFYIN G O RDER The communal system pro viding the signs that influ ence and guid e representation within a specific culture Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 30 information is stored in the m ind in a semiosic way, and ultimately is presente d within a culture through the signifying ord er (Nuessel, 2 010, p. 238). In language and art, the signifying o rder is displayed through metaph oric concepts by mea ns o f signs. These signs are the r e -presentation of our knowledge in a symbolic for mat such as architecture, paintin g and writing, and they have meaning for the people within that culture. Members o f o ther cultures must learn ho w to de-codify them and it is one of the r oles of educati on to teach th e prominent signs of a cult ure. Semiotics, in essence, is to express the relationship between two entities. As Sebeok points out, the Medieval Latin expression “ aliquid stat pro aliquo, ” w hich means ‘ some thing stand s for something else ’ . Charles Sanders Pei rce (183 9 -1914) b roadened the origin al expression from a bip artit e definition (object-sign ) to a tripartite one, “ so mething which stand s to somebody for som ething in some r espect or capacit y ” which consists o f ob je ct-sign-interpretant (Seb eok, 2001, p. 33). According t o the new defin itio n, a sign generally c om prises thr ee elem ents: The sign or representation (something employed to stand for s omething else) The object or referent ( what is referred to by the sign ) The interpretant (a person ’ s understanding of the sign-object relati onship, determined by culture) (Nues sel, 2010, p. 239) For L akoff and Johnson understanding emerges from the interaction between in dividuals with the environmen t or other peop le and occurs in two ways of dire ctly and indirectly . We understan d aspects of a situation directly when the y are cl early del ineated. Further more, we understand man y things directly when we have direct physical contact with them. The f ollowings are the resour ces, which we use to understan d an experience dir ect ly: Entity struc ture : our b ody and those obj ects with whi ch we have direct contact Orientationa l structu re : the orientational relatio ns between our body and o ur environmen t. Dimensio ns of experien ce : v arious aspects of an experience (parts, causal relations, purposes, etc.) which provi des us the basis f or our men tal categories. Experiential gestalts 4 : objects or substance categories in m ind, which comprise multiple dimensions. Backgrou nd : An experienti al gestalt, which functions as backgr ound for under standing an experience as an aspect of that gestalt. Highligh ting : picking out elements of a situati on, which fits the di mensions of th e experiential gestal t. Interaction al prope rties : those properties of an object or event, which are n ot inherent, but are the produ ct of our interacti on with them. Prototypes : each mental category is structured accordin g to a certain prototy pe. Other members are grouped in this category based on their resemblances to the prototyp e. (Lakoff & Johns on, 1980, pp . 176 – 177) There ar e some aspects, which are n ot precisel y d escribed such as human emotions, abstract concepts, ment al activit y, time, etc., or even some ph ysical objects li ke orientati o ns. Nevertheless, each of us can experience them, but these terms cannot be fully understo od on the ir own terms. This is the case of indirect un derstanding, in which we understand one kinds of object or experience in terms of another one. That is, understanding via metaphor. The sa me resource s, which we used in our direct un derstanding , here serve us f o r indirect u nderstanding by m eans of metaph or: 4 Gestalt refers to the way of perception where the complex of properties occurring together is more basic to our experience th an their sepa rate occurrence. (Lakoff & Johnson. p. 71) Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 31 Entity struc ture : those en tities, which are imposed by ontological (ph ysical) meta phor. Orientationa l structure : w hich are impos ed by orient ational metaph or. Dimensio ns of experien ce : the same asp ects o f an e xperience (par ts, causal relations, purposes, etc.) are used in structural metaphor s to structure one kind o f experience in terms of another kind. Experiential gestalts : inste ad of concrete objects or substance category, here we have structural met aphor catego ries. Backgrou nd : an experie ntial gestalt in both metaphorical and nonm etaphorical understandin g is providing the background. Highligh ting: metaphorical highlighting functions in the same was as nonmetaphorical, by picking o ut elemen ts of a situation w hich fit its dimensions. Accordin gly, those aspects, which are not high lighted, are do wnplayed or hid den. Interaction al properties : various dimensions of our experience are produc ts of our interaction with the environment. Consequently, the interactional properties provide the basis for the experiential gestalts. This occurs in b oth metaphori cal and n onmetaphorical understandin g. Prototypes : our mental c ate gories, whet her in metaphorical or nonm etaphorical , are structured in terms of pr ototypes. (Lakoff & Johns o n, 1980, pp. 178 – 179) In this v iew, Lakoff and Johnson describe the process o f understan ding acco rdin g to the following stages: Fi rst, our body, our physical en vironment and our cultural context i m poses a certain structure on our experienc e. Second, repetition of the experienc e causes the formation o f v ariou s categories in mind. Each categor y consists o f s maller experience s, which are call ed n atural kind s of experience. These ex perie nces are products of our bodies (se nsory apparatus, mental capacities, etc.) and o ur interacti o n with the physical environ ment and o ther people. The who le set of thes e small experiences forms a mental category, which is called experiential gestalt. Ultimately, we understand an ex perience directly if it co heres to the gestalts, which are structur ed, based on our direct interacti on with our environment. However, if there is no coherency between them, we understand the experience metaphorically. It is, we use an existing gestalt from o ne domain of experience t o structure our new experi ence in another domain (L akoff & Johnson, 1980 , p. 230). The process of direct unde rstanding tells how we comprehend an experience or a situation in real world. This inf ormation hel ps us to understand the pr ocess of indirect un derstandin g. Although an expression like CITY IS ORG ANISM demands the indirect understanding, it requires the knowledge of direct understand ing as prerequisites. M ode ls o f un de rst and ing me taph ors With the emergence o f c ognitive lingu istics, d uring the 1970s an d 198 0s, psychol ogical study had a great i m pact o n the interd isciplinary understanding o f lang uage and thoug ht. Psychol ogical researches have dem onstrated that metaphors ar e used extensi vely in our di scourses, they are produced and u nderstood easily b y p eople acc ording to the social and li nguistic contexts, and most importantly, they are both a ty pe of language and an essential scheme o f though t (Gibbs, 2010, p. 4 49). Raym ond Gibbs in his M e t a p h o r : P s y c h o l o g i c a l A s p e c t s (2010, pp. 449 – 456) describes two models on und erstanding mechanism of metaphor: s tandard and psych ological model. In the standard model, it is believed that metaphor is deviation from literal langu age and it sho uld be m ore difficul t to understand it. Herbert Paul Gri ce (1913 -1988 ) in his theory of co nversational Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 32 implicature 5 (Grice, 1989, pp. 22 – 40) advocates this belief. He argues that we need inference to understand that nonliteral meaning derived fro m specifi c principles or from maxims of conversation, which are expected t o b e o bserved within a mutual co nvers ation. A cco rding to the se maxims, the conver sation between speakers must be truthful, relevant, clear and enough informativ e. If a statemen t v iolates any o f these m axims, like using a metaphor, the listener m ust derive an appropriate ‘ conversational implica ture ’ to find out what the speaker intends. Gric e suggests a model for unde rstanding indirect meaning, including m etaphor, which is known toda y as ‘ standard pragmatic model ’ . According to this model, understanding a m etap horical state ment is accomplished as the f ollowing stage: 1. Analyzi ng the literal meaning of the whole state ment, 2. Compare th e analyzed liter al m eanin g to the context, 3. If the lit eral meaning is app ropriate, then the pr o cess is done, otherwis e 4. Derive an alternative meanin g according to th e cont ex t of conversation. This model sugg ests that , metaphor is understood as conversational implicatur e and it requ ires extra time to comprehend with respect to the time, which is needed to interpr et a literal speech. Psychological researches shows shortco ming in the accuracy of Grice ’ s model. It is dem onstrated that people do not alway s need additional mental effort to de-codify the meaning of man y figurative statements. This is valid especially in the realistic linguistics and social contexts. The context o f conversati on provides enough information for listener to understan d a met aph orical statement without recogn izing that the statement violates the maxims o f conversati o n. The following exa mples show various figures of speech in the ordinary Eng lish langua ge: Metaph or: ‘ billboards are warts on the lan dscape ’ , Metonym y: ‘ The ham sand wich left with out paying ’ , Sarcasm: ‘ Y ou are a fine fri end ’ , Idiom: ‘ John p opped the q uestion to Mar y ’ , Proverb: ‘ Th e early bird ca tches the worm ’ , Indirect spe ech act: ‘ Would you mind lendin g me five dollars? ’ Psychological studies have shown that, people understand the nonliteral meanin g witho ut initially search for literal meaning . According to th eir r esearches, simple metaphorical statements ar e interpreted an d understood automatically e.g., ‘ Surge o ns are butchers. ’ The exp erimental finding s from psycholin guistics dem onstrate that un derstandin g both literal and metaphor ical speech foll ow the sa me m echanism. Studies have sh own that, co nventional, or fa m iliar, metaph ors ar e understood faster than novel metaphorical statements. In case of novel met aph ors, listeners ma y spend more tim e to understand the m etaphorical expression, such as ‘ Th e night s ky was filled with molten silver ’ . In this case, it is required additi onal time to understand due to the difficulty in integrating the meaning with the contex t but not due to the initial analyz e of literal m eaning . Although m etaphor does not neces sarily require extr a mental effort to be understood, how ever, people may still anal yze the literal aspects of a wor d meaning in an instant comprehensi on o f metaphor. Some studies sug gest that the compreh ension o f novel and conventional metaphors involves different linguistic processes. In the process of analyzing a stateme nt with a novel metaphor, the analysis of literal meaning precedes the analysis of metaph orical meaning, and in 5 In Grice's approach, both ‘what is implicated’ and ‘what is said’ are part of speaker meaning. ‘What is said’ is that part of mean ing that is determined by truth- conditional seman tics, while ‘w hat is implicated’ is th at part of meaning that cannot be captu red by truth c onditions and therefore belo ngs to pragmatics (Meibauer, 2010, p. 30 8). Therefore, the term ‘implication’ refers to something that is implied by a speak er expressing a sentence beyond the literal se nse of what is explicitly stated. For instance: saying that there is no car in the street and implying that t here is traffic jam. Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 33 case of conventi o nal metaphors, both types of meanings (literal and metaphorical) arise at the same time. While other studies show that, there is no difference in the comprehension speed of literal and fig urative statements. This later rejects this claim that, people need to analyze the literal meaning ‘ prior ’ t o understand the metaph o rical meani ng; rather it suggests both literal and metaphorical inte rpretation s are computed in parallel. Although the psych ological researche s imply that, ther e is no priori ty in the understand ing process o f literal and metaph orical state ments, psychologist note that people may be biased in the im mediate interpreta tion of novel m etaphors. Some researchers argue that, even if some meanings are created prior to o thers, it does not imply that completel y different mental processing are required to produce these dif ferent meanings ; rather, differ ent meaning s may be produced in a single process. Therefore, the terms ‘ literal meaning ’ and ‘ metaph orical meaning ’ are just different kinds of labels and do not indicate ‘ litera l processing mode ’ and ‘ me taphoric processing mode ’ as ways of access to the meaning. Recent theories about the understandin g m echanism of figurative languages suggest that during the interpretati on process of a wo rd, our mind m ay initially access to that m eaning which is compatible with both literal and metap horic meaning. Over time, o ur mind finds the appro priate metaphori c meaning based on context. The process of finding meaning is quick, when the context is strong, and slow, when the context is neutral. Therefore, in spite of the standard model, the role of context is not to differentia te betwe en the literal and metaph oric meaning, but it operate s to bring up first that interpretati o n which is more contextuall y appropr iate (Gibbs, 2010, pp. 450 – 451). Another diff erent the ory ap plies the c oncept of ‘ constraint satisfaction ’ to structure a comprehensi ve model, which suggests that understa nding met aphors is constrain ed by v arious sources of information. According to this model, p eople to unders tand a metaphoric statement need to consider linguistic (words or sentences) and nonlinguistic (cont extual) i nformation which best fits together to ha ve t he closest interpr etation regard ing to the conversation . In the n ext step , our mind m ixes and evaluates all these sources to o btain the most probably ‘ winnin g ’ meaning of a metaphor. The constrain t satisfaction model, as Gibbs points out, may offer liste ners the flexibilit y to account for a wide rang e of processing data; the selection of these sourc es occurs bas ed on familiarity (con ventionality) of the metaphoric state ment, the context of the co nversa tion and the speaker ’ s probab le intentio n in that metaph oric state ment (Gibbs, 2010, pp. 451 – 452). Many researches have bee n done to find o ut whet her a metaphorical statement needs additiona l mental effort to be understood with respect to a nonmetap horical. Various studies demonstrated that metaph orical language is not a d eviation from the literal and its und erst anding does not necessarily take additional time. H o wever, it is important to c onsider that some s ubtle factors such as conventionali ty of the st atement and th e context of discussion can influen ce the time-course of metaphor understandin g. Many studies consider understan ding process o f met aph or as a li nguisti c processing, which does not requ ire a specialized mechanism of int erpretat ion, even if the metaphoric statements car ry different meanings (Gibb s, 2010, p. 452). Ps ych olog ica l vie w Much research ha s been dedicated t o understandi ng the process of metap ho ric statements , regardless of the questi on whether metaph ors are more difficult to understand than literal statements. These studies investigated th e in teraction , which occurs betw een the u nknown part or the topic o f metaphor (A) and the known part or the vehicle (B) to produ ce m etaphorical meaning. Many theories ab out metaphor assume that, we understand the meanin g o f a metaphor through the rese mblance of to pic and vehicle. For example, in the metaphor ‘ argum ent is war ’ , listene rs a re expected to s ee those prop erties of argu ment and war, which are si m ilar (Gibbs, 2010, p. 452). Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 34 Psychological re searc hes show that und erstandin g metaph or do not demand that to pic and vehicle share properties. This finding, which is supported by other studies sh ows that metaph or has directional m eaning. The meaning of a metaphoric al phrase does not aris e from the share d property o f to pic and vehicle. For example in the expression ‘ the surge on is a butcher ’ , the to pic (surgeon) and the vehicle (butcher) share their ‘ cutt ing action ’ property. However, this shared property does not produce the metaphorical meaning. Otherwise the two expressi ons ‘ the surgeon is a butcher ’ and ‘ th e butcher is a surgeon ’ sh ould have the same metaphorical meaning. How ever, in case of surge on the goal is to heal, while in case o f butcher the goal is to serve meat. Instead, similarity is the resul t of understandin g m etaphor. Therefore, ps ychologists d emonstrated that some new features co me out in understandin g a meta phoric state ment, which are not noticeable in the separate understandin g o f the topic o r vehicl e. In general, psychol ogical studies stro ngly support this idea that the meaning o f met aph orical statements sh ould not be reduced to the variation of topic ’ s and vehicle ’ s literal meaning. Psychol o gists a re not agree with the featur e mapping mechanism in the process o f understanding metaphor. Tra ditional theories suggest that metaphor underst anding requires metaphorical mapping between concepts from dissimilar domains by comparison or categorization process. The comparis on process de mands a mapping of feature-specifi c from th e source to the target domain . However, in o rder to understand many metaphors, like ‘ men are wo lves ’ , it is required to evoke th ose features which are not associate d with ei ther source or target in a literal speech. This associati on occurs only after u nderstanding the metaphor. Dedre Gentner in her ‘ structural-mapp ing ’ theory of analogy and metap hor avoids this problem by suggesting that people process a m etaph o r initially b y partial aligni ng the source and target. Aft er the initial alignment, further inferences o ccurs in a dire ct projection from the source to the target domain. Thes e inferences reflect the relational, and not just feature -specific, aspects of metaphor comprehen sion process. This v iew is supported by experi mental evidences. It is demonstrated tha t in an int erpretation of metaphor people in fer rela tional and no t featur e-specific. For exampl e, in the expr ession ‘ Plant stems are drinking straws, ’ p eople infer that bo th plant stems and straws transfer liquid nutrients, and not that they are similar in terms o f long an d thin shape. Other study supports this view by indicating that tho se metaphors which reveal relational aspect (e.g. ‘ Plant ste ms are drinki ng straws ’ ) are co nsider ed more appropriate than those which only map object features ( e.g. ‘ Her arms were like twin swans ’ ) (Gib bs, 2010, pp. 452 – 4 53). The categorizati on view sug gest that met aph oric statements are understo od better through the categorization, as cla ss-inclusion, rather than comparison process. In this view, an expression like ‘ Achilles is like a lion ’ plac es Achille s in the category of animals with a certain property, which is best exempli fied by lion. Obviously, lion may belong to vari ous categories like mam mals and predators. However, in the war context illustrated by Homer, lion best represent s the category of animals, which are brave and fearless. According to this theory, metaphors ref lect two ‘ ad hoc ’ categories and refer at two levels: the co ncrete level (i.e., lion) and a superordinate level (i.e., the properties of lion) (Gibbs, 2 010, p. 453). The class-in clusion model s uggests that in m etaphor understandin g topic and v ehicle, o r target and source have different but interactive roles. In the expressions ‘ my lawy er is a snake ’ and ‘ the road was a snake ’ , the term ‘ snake ’ presents different meanings. In this mo del, the topic o f metaphor ‘ lawyer ’ and ‘ the ro ad ’ pro vide contextual dimension s which constraint metaphoric meaning, and the vehicle ‘ sna ke ’ provide properties to be attributed to the topic. This posi tion is proved b y psychological evidences. It is demonstrated that during a reading-tim e experience those metaphoric statements with highly constrained topic needed fewer processing time with respect to those with less constrained topic. Moreover, a clear vehicle quickens th e process of met aph or comprehensi on, in contrast to the ambiguous vehicle term. These evidences show that how the level of c onstraint for topic and the degre e of ambiguity for vehicle influence metaphor Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 35 comprehensi on. While the comparis on model is unable t o explain this importan ce, because i t begins with exhaustive extraction o f shared properties betwe en topic and vehicle (Gibbs, 2010, p. 453). Another theory, called “ career of metaphor, ” proposes the co mbination o f comparison and categorization mod el. According to this theo ry, in understanding process of a novel metaphor ther e is a shift fr om c omparis on mod e of mapping to categ orization. F o r example, in the novel metaphor like ‘ Scien ce is a glacier ’ , th e term ‘ glacier ’ p rovides a literal s ource (i.e., ‘ a large b o dy of ice), which has no relational metaphor ic sense with science (i.e., a slowly an d steadily progres s of som ething ’ ). To understand such a n ovel metap hor, people us e the comparison m ode. It is, th ey align structurall y the target (science) with the literal meaning of vehicle (glacier). While, unders tandin g process of conventional metaphors can be acco mplished either by comparis on or categorization processes. As an example, a metaphoric ex pression such as ‘ A gene is a blueprint ’ offers two m eanings: ‘ a blue and white print o f architec t ’ s plans ’ and ‘ an ything which provides a plan ’ . These two senses are semantically related both in terms of metaphoric and literal meanings. This relation makes the term ‘ blueprint ’ polyse mous and in each metaphor, o ne of the meanings of ‘ blueprint ’ will be m atched. Likewise, we understand conventional metaphors by matching the target concept with the literal meaning o f vehicle (as in c ase of comparis on) or by p lacing the targ et c oncept in one of o ur mental categories which belongs t o the vehicle (in case of categorizati o n) (Gibbs, 201 0, p. 453). Numerous psychologi cal studies about metaphor has fo cused on its understandin g and usage in languag e. However, most of these researches do n ot answer to this question that how people generally co nceptualiz e their ideas and experiences in terms metaphorical schemes. That was just in the last three decades that this questi on attracted the attenti ons. Linguists, philosopher and psychologists fo und that metaphor is funda m ental not o nly to language, but al so to our thought s and actio ns. Cognitive linguists, for exa mple, clai m that “ metaphor is not merely a figure of speech, but is a specific mental and neural mappin g that influences a good deal of how people think, reas on, and imagine in everyday life. ” (Gibbs, 2010, p. 453). Such claims are suppor ted by evidences from the linguistic researches on the evolution o f words and ex pressions, systematicit y o f co nventi onal expressions in a languag e, polysemous words, and nonverbal behavi o rs like gest ure (Gibbs, 2010, p. 453). However, large am ount o f these theories about conc eptual structure, m etapho r comprehensi on and their implications have been criticized by psychologis ts. They believe that, most of the evidences for conceptual m etaphors or the influenc e of metaphor on our thoug hts and actions is based on pur ely linguistic studies and there is deep skepticism about these theori es o n their methodological and th eoretical grounds. Furtherm ore, many expressi ons , which are metaphorical for cognitive linguists, for p sy chologists ar e n ot metaphorical at all. For instance, the e xpression He was depressed, ac cording to c ognitive lingu ists is a metaphorical expr ession, because it is motiva ted by the conceptual metaphor SAD IS DOWN. They argu e that in the physical basis expressi o ns, drooping posture typically goes along with sadness and depression (Lakoff & J ohnson, 1980, p. 15). While according to psychologists this expression is entirely literal, because the term ‘ depression ’ has polysem ous nature and can be used for both physical and e motional depres sio n (Gibbs, 2010 , p. 454). 1.6 Fea tu res of m eta pho rs 1.6 .1 Met aph ors and c onc ep tu aliz ation Metaphors give us the ability to comprehend our experiences , as they were a se nse like touching, seeing or h earing. They are part of our functi oning and they provide the o nly way to perceive and Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 36 experience much o f the world (Lak off & Johnson, 1980, p. 2 39). Metaph ors are pervasive in our conceptual system. The reason is that, so many of the concepts, which are im portant to us , are either abstract or not clearly delineated in o ur experience. These concepts are not precisely define d on their own terms (the emotions, ideas, time, etc.), to comprehend them, i t is required to define them through th e other concepts that are und erstan dable for us in a clearer ter ms (spatial orientations, objects, etc.). To express such con cepts and experien ces, lang uage plays a fundamental role. The systema tic relation between metaphorical expressi ons in a lang uage and metaphorical concepts enab les us to use m etaphorical ling uistic expres sions to stu dy the n ature o f metaphorical concepts, and consequently to underst and the metaphorical nature of our activities . In other words, metaphorical e xpressions in our daily language provide us insight into the metaphorical nature of the concepts that structur e our everyday activities (L akoff & Johnson, 1980, p. 7) . The metaphorical concept CITY IS ORGANISM with its entailments (city bre athes, city grows, etc.) and its reflecti on in the anthropologic urban theories shows the important role of metaphors in the way we conceptualiz e city, the wa y we speak ab out it and act on it. Metaphors unite reason an d imagin ation. Reason is concerned with categorizati on, entailment and inference. Imagin ation involves seeing one kind o f experience or object in term of another kind ; this is what Lakoff and Johnson call it “ metaphorical thought ” ; in this view they de fine metaph or a s “ imaginati ve rationality ” and argu e: Since the ca tegories of our everyday thought are larg ely metaphorical and our everyday reasoning involve s m etaphorical entail ments and inferences, ordinary rationality is therefore imaginative by its very nature. Given our understand ing of p oet ic m etaphor in terms of metaphorical entailm ent and inferences, we can see that the products of the po etic imagination are, for the sa me r eason, partially rati onal in nature (Lak off & Johnson, 1 980, p. 193). The attempt of the imagination is not devoid of r ationality. M etaphor as one of our mo st importa nt tool helps us to understand partially what cannot b e u nderstood t otally, lik e our f eelings, ae sthetic experiences, moral practice s, an d spiritual awar eness. In these cases, the use of metaphor emplo ys an imaginati ve rationality (Lak off & Johnson, 1 980, p. 193). Metaphors function as a tool for communicating unshared experienc es, and it is possible becaus e of the natural structure of o ur experiences (L akoff & Johnson, 1980, p. 225). Using m etaphors to correlate and communicat e the unshar ed experience is a crucial skill. As L ak off an d Jo hns on emphasize, in ord er to have such metaphorical imagi nation: You n eed enough diversity o f cultural and personal experience to be aware that divergent world vi ews exist and what they might be like. You also need p atience, a certain flexibility in wo rld v iew, and a gener ous tolerance for mistakes, as well as a talent for finding the ri ght metaphor t o communicate the relevant parts of unshared experiences or to highlight the sha red ex periences w hile deemphasizing the others ( Lakoff & Johnson, 1980, p. 231). In a m utual understand ing, we continually look o ut shared characteristics of experience when we speak with other individua ls. To do that, we choose different metaphors to high light and m ake coherent what we have in common with another person. In the self-understanding we do the sam e. We constantly try t o fin d the co mmonalities o f our o wn diverse experienc es to unify them and give coherence to our lives. Therefore, we search fo r personal metaphors, which best highlight and make coherent our pas ts, presents and future hop es and goals. To have self-unde rstanding we need to have a ceaseless negotia tion and renegotiation o f the meaning of our experien ces to ourselves. Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 37 A big part of this process is to find the appropriate personal metaphors that make sense of our lives. This is the procedure, which is applied in the therapy. In the treatment a l arge part of self - understandin g engages with the c onsciously recogniti on of previ ously unc onscious metaphors, and to find out h ow we live by them. The therap y involves the continuous con struction of ne w coherences in the patient ’ s life, which give new meaning to the old experienc es. The process of self - understandin g, in case of th erapy, is the c onstant construction and d evelopment of ne w life stori es for the patient (Lakoff & Jo hnson, 1980, pp. 23 2 – 233). Metaphors functions as a d evice to und erstand one d omain o f experienc e in ter ms of another. This means that, understandin g does not occur in terms of isolated concepts, but in terms of entire domains of experienc e (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980, p . 117). This is because e very sing le concept is not defined so lely and is olated, but rather in t erms of “ na tural kind s of experiences ” such a s experiences that are prod ucts o f o ur bodies (se nsor y apparatus, mental capacities, et c.) and our interaction with o ur environment and people. Co ncepts are defined in ter ms of their interactio nal property and not their inherent properties. Defin ition of a c o ncept is no t always possible by providing some fix and sufficien t conditions for the appli cation of a concept. Such a rigid approa ch may be possibl e just in certain cases like in science and technical disciplines; however, it is no t always possible. Instead, concepts are defined regarding their prototypes or by types o f relations to protot ypes and they arise from our ex periences. In this context, metaphors work as sy ste matic devices to define a concept, develop it and change its range of applicability (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980, p. 125). In science, metaphor is used to explicate the theories and make the compli cated discussion s comprehensible for the in tended audience. Althoug h this public is often li mited to the fell ow scientists. So me metaphor s in science succeed to open a new horizon and respond to unanswe red questions within a scientifi c field, as Nuessel says: Successful metaphors, i.e., those that introdu ce a n ovel perspec tive in a branch of science, tend to capture the imagination of an entire generation of scholars who embrace its basic meaning and apply its newly created insights to previously unres olved pr oblems (Nuessel , 2010, p. 240 ). This notion, which is known as the ory-constituti v e metaphor, is used in scientific studies. Nuessel summarizes (Nuessel, 2010, p. 40) Thoma s S. Kuhn ’ s (1922-1996 ) argum ent, which describes how a novel me taphor in scienc e can cause a scientific re volution. As Kuhn in his T h e S tr u c t u r e of S c i e nt i f i c R e v o l u t i o n s (1970) de scribes, there are periods of ‘ normal science. ’ A ccording to Kuhn, “normal scienc e means resear ch firmly based upon one or more past scientific achievements, achiev ements that som e particular scien tific communi ty acknowledges for a time as supplying the founda tion for its further practice. ” (Kuh n, 1970, p. 10) . I n this period a single para digm or model, commonly accepted by practition ers of a certain field of study, is taken as a refere nce until there is what man y call a ‘ breakthroug h. ’ Scientific paradigms are composed of symb olic generalizations, like the Einstein ’ s E=mc 2 , which are elegant, yet able to provide si mple explana tions for pre v iously une xplain ed phenomena. Paradigms also consist of models or conceptual anal ogies, which allow the sci entists o f a certain scienti fic commun ity to establish their ontological framework. Members o f these communiti es through the share d theoretical v alues evaluate competing theorie s within their est ablish ed framework. Ultimately, by means of models and examples, they show that how their theory can answer to the co mplex problems that earlier theories could no t. Overtime, i n a periodic manner, this normal science is rejected; most often, a scientific genius resolves the residual problems in the prior theory and makes significant new strides in the field of inquiry. What is notable in this process is that “ scientific Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 38 revolutions are often founded on novel metaph ors tha t reject th ose of the theory they ha ve supplanted. ” (Nuessel, 2010, p. 240). In physics, for example, metaph or is used to d escribe the theories, which are difficul t to understand. The physicist Nathaniel D avid Mermin (b. 1935) in his book B o o j u m s A l l t h e W ay t h r o u g h : C o m m un i c a t i n g S c i e n c e in a P r o s a i c A g e (1990) presents the dilemma of communi cating modern physics to both physicists and non -ph ysicists. In his discussion of the m etaphor ic no tion boojum, Mermin points out that this term derive s from Lewis Carroll ’ s (pseudon ym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, 1832 – 1898) nonsense poe m T h e H u nt i n g o f t h e S n a r k 6 (1876) and de scribes ho w this term was meaning ful to him: […] it came to me at my typewriter rather as it had fi rst come to Carroll as he walked in the country. The last line of a poem just p opped into his head: “ For the Snark was a Boojum, you see. ” A li ttle distance along it was joined by the next to last line, “ He had softly and suddenly vanishe d away. ” The hundreds of lines leading to this den ouement foll owed in due course. Go odness knows why “ boojum ” suggest ed softly and suddenly vanishing a way to Carr oll, but the connection having been made, it was inevitable that so ftly and suddenly vanishing awa y should sug gest “ boojum ” to me (Mermin, 1990, pp. 4 – 5) . Me rmin ’ s inten tion was to describ e the physical property of a specific liquid at very low temperature. In this condit ion, the expec ted patterns c ould not be maintain ed and like in the case of Snark, the physical behavior “ softly and suddenl y vanished away. ” The new expression and the concept introduced by Mermin are now a fir mly settled part o f physics. A metaphor that captures the essence of the physical properties of this phenome non. Metaphor is used in art too; it is a device of “ imaginative rationality, ” which allows us to understan d one kind o f thing in te rms o f another. New metaphors provide us new understa nding and, hence, new realities. This kin d of ap plication of metaphor is obvious in the case of poetic metaphors, where languag e functions as a medium to create conceptual metaph ors. Since metapho rs are not merel y in languag e and they structure our conceptual sy stem, they in volve all dimensi o ns of ou r experiences, including aspects of our sense ex perien ces such as co lor, shape, sound, etc. Thes e dimensions structure both o ur mundane experience s and aesthetic experien ces as well. (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980, p. 235) In this view, works of art fun ction as metaphor s, as Lakoff and Johnson describe: Each art medium picks out certain dimensions of o ur experience and excludes others. Artworks pr ovide new ways of structuring our ex perience in terms of these natural dimensions. Works of art provide new experiential gestalts and, therefore, new coherence s. From the experiential ist point of view, art is, in general, a matter of imaginative rationality and a means of creating new realities (La koff & Johnson, 19 80, pp. 235 – 2 36) . Metaphor is used in oration as well. Languag e as a communication tool for speaking has been important to be well understandab le and metaphor have played a significant role to make the communication easier. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 – 43 BCE), the Italian philosopher, politician and orator, in his D e O p t i m o G e n e r e O r a t or u m emphasiz es on the importance of using met aphor in speeches and says, “ For he is the best orator who by speaking both te aches, and delights, and moves the minds of his hearers. ” Among his suggestions about clear talking, he encourages to use of met aph ors: “ For, since eloquence consists of words and sentences, we must endea vo ur, by speaking in a pure and correct manner [ … ] to attain an elegance of expression with words 6 Snark is a nonsense creature i nvented by Carroll i n this poem. Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 39 appropriate and metaphori cal. ” Howe ver, he also war ns about the i mproper use o f the m and says, “ As to the appropriate words, selecting those whic h are most suitable; and when ind ulging in metaphor, studying to preserv e a proper rese mblance, and to be modest in our use of foreign terms. ” (Cicer o , 200 9, p. 81) . We tend to structure the abstract and inherently v agu er co ncepts in terms o f more understandable and concr ete c o ncepts, w hich are clearly delineated in our experi ences. To comprehend our experience we try to structure a situati on in terms of meaningful and consiste nt metaphors. In other w o rds, we i mpose an entity structure upon that situation. For ex ample, the metaphor CITY IS ORGANISM structur es CIT Y by imposing an entity structur e ORGANISM co mprising the life characteristics of an organism. In each structured situation in this way, metaph ors are internally consistent with the concept. For exa mple, the CITY IS ORGAN ISM imposes a cons istent ORGAN ISM structure on the concept CITY . This way o f structuring allows us to orient concepts, refer to them and quantify them. It enables us at using o ne highly s tructured and clearly delineated concept to structure and define another concept (Lak off & Johnson, 1980, p. 61) . In so me cases, it is possibl e to use different metaphors for the same concep t, what is called by Lakoff and Johnson as “ consistent sets of metaph ors ” (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980, p. 2 19). Using co nsistent sets of metaphors to structur e situa tions and ex periences allows us to understand an experience in terms of precise entity structur e, in which there is consisten t relations between the entities (Lakoff & Johnson, 19 80, pp. 219 – 220). In some special cases in scientific fields like in biology, psychology and lingu istics, they allow us to formulate scientific theories and they provide us the abilit y to rea son an d function. In daily life, peo ple do try to think and act in ter ms of consistent sets of metaph ors in numerous situations. They all o w us to find c oherence in our life or in so me o f o ur experience s and provide us a basis for our expectations and actions for survival. Lakoff and Johns on argue: The reason is, simply, that if we can d o this, we can draw inferences about the situation that will not confl ict with on e another. That i s, we will b e able t o infer nonconflicting expectati o ns and suggestions for b ehavior. And it is c o mforting - extremely comf orting - to have a consistent view of the world, a clear s et of expectations and no conflicts ab out what you shoul d do (Lakoff & Jo hns on, 1980, p. 220). Lakoff and J ohnson believ e that, structur ing our exp eriences in ter ms of c onsistent set of metaph o rs is like to structures our experience in terms of an objectivist model, which is ind ependent from person and time. What is left out from this model is the experiential basis of metaph ors and what the m etaphors hides or highlights (L akoff & Johnson, 1980, p. 220). In some cases, our conceptu al system have different metap hors for one co ncept that are not consistent with each other. That is because there is no one metaphor that can comprise all aspect s of one concep t. Each metaphor provides us a certain comp rehension of one aspect of the concept and hides othe rs. Inconsistent set of metaph ors allows us to comprehe nd a co ncept from different persp ectives by providing metaphors, which are inconsistent with each o ther. This gives us b etter insight about our experiences, a s Lakoff and Johnson argue : To operate only in terms o f a co nsistent set of metaph ors is to hid e m any aspects of reality. Success ful functioning in our daily liv es seems to require a co nstant shifting of metaphors. The use of many metaphors that are inconsistent with one another seems necessar y for us if we are to comprehend the details of our daily exis te nce (Lakoff & J ohnson, 1980, p. 221). Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 40 1.6 .2 Met aph oric al en tail me n ts The metaphorical concepts like TIME IS MONEY, TIME IS A RESOURCE, and TIME IS A VA LUABLE COMMODITY c onstitute a single system based on subcategorizati on in which MONEY i s conceptualized as a limited resource, and this li mited resource is a valuabl e commodit y. Each metaphorical co ncept entails other metaphors in the same category wi th meani ngfu l relationships. That is, the met aph or TIME IS MONEY entails the m etaphor TIME IS A L IMITED RESOURCE, which entails that TIME IS A VALU ABLE COMMO DITY. In this case, TIME IS MONEY is ad o pted as the basic metaphorical concept to ch aracterize the entire s y ste m, which provides the basis for the f ollowing metaphorical expressions : TIME IS MONE Y You ’ re wasting my time. This gadget will save you h ours. I don ’ t have the time to gi ve you. How do you spen d your time these days? That flat tire co st me an hou r. I ’ ve invested a lot of time in her. I don ’ t have en ough time t o spa re for that. You ’ re running out of time. You need to budg et your ti me. Put aside som e time for pi ng pong. Is that worth your while ? Do you have much time left ? He ’ s living on borrow ed time. You don ’ t us e your time profi tably . I lost a lot of ti me when I got si ck. Thank you for y our time. (Lakoff & Johnson, 19 80, pp. 7 – 8) Among the entail ments of TIME IS MONEY, s ome expre ssions refer specificall y to money, lik e spend , invest , budget , profitably and cost , some o thers to limited resources like use , use up , have enough of , run out of , and others to valuable comm odities like have , give , lose , thank you for . In the same line o f argu ment, CITY IS ORGANIS M, CITY IS ANIMA L and CITY IS H UMAN constitut e one single syste m in which CITY IS ORGANISM is mo re frequent and adopted as the basi c metaphorical concept to characteriz e the entire system. The following metaph orical ex pression s are based on this way of c onceptualization : CITY IS ORGAN ISM City is subject to evolution (Gedd es) City become s sick (Plato, L e Corbusier, et c.) City grows (Mu mford, Le C orbusier, etc.) Parks are lungs (Nash, Le C orbusier) Social classes in a city ar e pa rts of soul (Plato) City like organism is made of parts and whol e (Plat o, Martini, etc.) Fortress of a ci ty is the hea d (Martini) Houses are cells of city ( Le Corbusier) Communica tion system is t he nervous system (Tange ) Structures of ci ty have diff erent met abolic cyc les (The Me tabolists, Tang e) City has boundary like a cel l (Mumford) Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 41 Developm ent of a city is on togeny (Geddes) Gradual chang es of cities is phylogeny (Geddes) City is wise , co urageous , moderate a nd just (Plato) Eyes are like government s of city (Martini) Since h uman and animals are kinds of organisms and th ere are si milarities be tween them , many of these metaphorical expressions overlap. However, so me expressions refer specifically to hu man, like soul , wise , moderate , just and some others to animals and human like lungs , head , sick and other are common among all o rganisms like cell , ontogeny , phylogeny and grows . These examples show the systema tic r elationshi ps betw een the metaph orical conc ept and its ent ailments. It sho ws the way in which metaphorical entailments characteriz e a coherent system of metaphorical concepts with c orrespondi ng coherent syst em o f metaphorical expressi o ns fo r those concepts (Lakoff & Johns on, 1980, p. 9) . Metaphorical entailments allo w us to link all metaphorical expressions o f a single metaph orical structuring of a concept, like CITY IS ORGAN I SM and all its metaphorical expressions. In addition, one of the most imp ortant things to bear in mind throughout the discussi on of metaphorical entailments is the role of purpose. A structured metaphorical concept allows us to get handle of one aspect of the concept, and each metaphorical en tailment f ocuses on a certain purpose of that concept. (Lakoff & Johnso n, 1980, p. 96) The clarity o f purp ose allows us to emplo y carefully the metaphorical expressions, which are overlap ped in meaning. For example in t he Eyes are lik e governments of city , Martini refers to human eyes an d not animal eyes. 1.6 .3 High ligh ting and hid ing The systematicity of m etaphorical concept s and their entailments that enable us to comprehen d one aspect o f a concept in terms of another by highlighting a certain aspect and hiding the others. For example, the metapho r ARGUMENT IS WAR helps us to comprehen d the action of arguing in terms of battl e: ARGUMENT IS WAR Your claims are indef ensible . He attacked every weak poin t in my argument. His criticis ms were right on target . I demolished his a rgument. I ’ ve never won an argument with him. You disagree? Okay, shoot ! If you use tha t strategy , he ’ ll wipe you out . He shot down all of my arg uments. (Lakoff & John son, 1980, p. 4) In the same way CITY STREETS ARE BLO OD VES SELS allows us to focus on those aspect o f city which can be exclusively highligh ted by blood vessels like transporting no urish ments, physical movement, traffic flow, etc. Such a metaphor entails concepts, which belong to blood circulation system , as Sennett quotes Forti er abou t employing this metap hor in urbanism : “ nothing can actually becom e corrupted that is mobile an d forms a mass. ” (Senn ett, 1994, p. 325). Th e hide and high light feature makes coh erent certain as pects of our experi ence an d allows us to focus on a ce rtain poin t of vi ew towards a c oncept, in this example the flow viewp o int of stree ts. This way of conce ptualizati on avoids us distracting and keeps us from focusing on other aspects , which are no t consistent with that metaph or (Lakoff & Joh nson, 1980, p. 10) . Structuring one concept by means of differen t me taphorical c oncepts leads to a n etwork o f entailments; a set of t he entailment s may make sense to us and fit o ur experien ce o f that concept Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 42 and a set m ay not. When a set of entailments does fit, it helps us to establish a co herent and meaningful whole in which our experienc es function as the instances of that set (Lak off & Johnson, 1980, p. 140). Among the numer ous entailments, a certain metaphor m ay be the o nly way to revea l and systematicall y organiz e an exact aspect of o ur experience. For example, the city is a concept , which can be conceptualiz ed by different metaphors to emphasize different asp ects of city. Here the metaphor A PERFECTLY GOOD CITY IS A WISE HU MAN is taken as an example to describe th e systematicit y of metaphors in h ighlightin g and hiding. This exa mple is adapt ed fro m an o ther example des cribed by Lako ff and Johnson (198 0, pp. 141 – 142). First, the metaphor highlights certain features of city and hides others. It emp hasizes the living character of city through the noti on of human. By conceptualizing city as a wise human, it emphasizes the necessity of consciousness and the ability of actively thinking . At the same time, it masks the emotional aspe cts of cit y. Such a metaphor is in contrast to the CITY IS MACHIN E metaphor that emphasizes the lifelessness and disability of thinkin g aspects of city. In this case, th e metaphor f ocuses on the passive aspects of city. In focusing o n various aspects of city like living, togetherness, communication, etc., m etaphor allo ws us to organize some particu lar features o f city, which our con ventional co nceptual system d oes not mak e available. Second, th e met aph or A P ERFECTLY GOOD CIT Y IS A WISE HUMAN does n o t entail the entire concept of H UMAN, but it entails certain asp ects, which are coherent with the metaphor. Th e WIS E determines that, the metaphors does not addres s any kind o f similarit y between city and human. It refers, instead, to that characteristi c , which refers to a certain aspect like having the abili ty of making right d ecisions. Third, the given met aphor, by highlightin g an impor tant charac ter of cit y and hid ing others, gi v es a new meaning to city. This depends o n o ur experience; that is, if thos e aspe cts entailed and highlig hted by metaphor are the m ost important aspects of our und erstanding of city, then the metaphor b ecomes a truth for us ; g ood city, in ter ms of having a g ood city council, as a wise human will be a truth for many people. Consequentl y, the metaphor provides a guide line, which affects our thoughts and future ac tions (Lakoff & Johns on, 1980, p. 142). Fourth, the application of certain metaphor in a sit uatio n can be appropriate or inappropria te because they allow u s to ap prove our thoughts and act ions, justify inferences and guide us toward s our goals. For instanc e, certain actions, inferenc es and future guidelines are dictated by the A PERFECTLY GOOD CITY IS A WISE HU MAN but not b y CITY IS MACH INE. C onsidering city as machine does not suggest wisdom o r m aking de cision. While city as a hu man suggests some activi ties like speaking, making decision, mista king and if it is a wise human, then it is subject to certain kinds of activities lik e righteousnes s, then it is more spe cific and deter mined. Fifth, the meaning of a metaphor for every ind ividual depend s partially on th e culture and partial ly on the p ast experiences. The cul tural dep endency is crucial because many concepts, such as PERFECT, CITY and WISE may vary widel y from culture to culture or even from professi on to profession. In this view, the comprehension of A PERFECTLY GOOD CITY IS A WISE HUMAN would mean v ery different to an Ancient Athena citizen and an Eskimo living in Greenlan d at the same time. Even within a culture, the m etaphor have differ ent meaning for different ind ivi duals based on th eir views of city. The met aphor A PERFEC TLY GO OD CITY IS A WISE HU M AN will hav e diff erent meaning f or two students i n a high scho ol with respec t to politicians in th e city council. 1.6 .4 Met aph ors and re ality In our daily lif e there are m any act iviti es, which are metaphorical in nature lik e argu ing, solving problems, saving time, etc. The way we co nceptuali ze these activities thro ugh o ur metaphori cal Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 43 concepts structures our present realit y. Some of these metaphors are reflected in everyda y languag e within a culture and they are conventional. M any o f these m etaphori cal concepts, over time, will be abandoned or substituted by new unconventional o r novel metaphors. Both conventional and unc onventional metaphors makes sense of our e xperience in the same wa y. That is, they provide a coherent structure to our experiences by highlighting some aspects and hiding others. However, novel metaphors are outside of our conventional co nceptua l system; they are imaginative and creative (Lak off & J ohnson, 1980, p. 139). Su ch metaphors pr o vide new understandin g o f our experiences by giving new meaning to our thoughts, believes a nd daily activities. They sug gest new perspectiv es, which can have a notable influenc e on our cul ture. Many cultural changes occur by introducin g new m etaphoric al co ncepts and losing o ld ones. Fo r example, some radical changes in many cultures in the world o ccurred by introducing the TIME IS MONE Y metaphor. Similarly, in the field of urbanism some interventions like Regent Street and Regent ’ s Park in earl y 19th century in L ondon, desig ned by architect John Nash, were based on parks ar e lung s metapho r (Sennett, 1 994, p. 325). In addition, several anthrop o logic urban theories and pr o jects ar e inspired by biological metaphors based o n CITY IS SUBJECT TO EVOLUTION like the Metabolists and Tange, Team 10, et c. This shows the ability of metaphor to change our opinions abou t what is real, as Lakoff an d Johnson say, “ N ew metaphors h ave the power to crea te a n ew realit y. This can begin to happen when we start to comprehend our experience in terms of a metaphor, and it becomes a deeper reality when we be gin to act in terms of it. ” (Lakoff & J ohnson, 1980, p. 1 45). This interactionis t idea that metaphor can create realit y is against the traditional views of metaphor. Acc ording to trad itional view, metaphor is a matter o f mere langua ge, which can o nly describe the reality. This view has root in this noti on that reality is entirely exte rnal and it is independent o f the way human conceptualizes the world. According to interactionists, this objectivist view ignores the human aspects of reality like percepti on, conceptualization, m otivation, and actio n, which constitu te a big part of our daily experien ces. The recent studies of Lakoff and Johnson, suggest that, metaphor is a primar y device to structure our conceptual syste m and it has an undeniable effect on our everyday activities. They draw attentions to the human aspects of reality and its diversity among various cultures, since “ different cultures have dif ferent conceptual systems. ” ( Lakoff & Johns on, 1980, p. 146 ). Metaphors by creating realities provide us a base for our thoughts and actions. They function as guides for our future actions, which fit the metaphor. This phenomenon increases their effect on making our experience coherent . Metaphors by enterin g into our conceptual system change what is real for us and affect the way we percei v es the world and act according to those percepti ons (Lakoff & Johnson, 198 0, pp. 145 – 146). The realities made by metaphors are pervasiv e in our dail y life, as Lak off and Jonson say: In all aspects of life, not just in politics or in love, we define our reality in terms of metaphors and then pro ceed to act on the basis of the metaphors. We draw inferences, set goals, make commitments, and execut e plan s, all on the basis of how we in part structure our experience, consci ously and unconsciously, by means of m etaphor (Lakoff & Johns on, 1980, p. 158). 1.6 .5 Met aph or an d n ew me anin g Novel m etaphors are capa ble t o chan ge our unders tandin g of experiences and g ive a ne w meaning to them. This change, ins pired by new metaph ors, depends on the way we conceptualize an experience. Whether we understand a situati o n by structuring o ne less concrete co ncept in terms Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 44 of a mo re concrete one ( e.g. CITY IS ORGANISM) or b y concep tualizing it as physical object (e.g. city center is the heart), we need to pick out our metap hors from a specific source. The source of metaphor allows us to establish a coherent system, which affects the way we understand our experiences (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980, pp. 139 – 146). In the following lines, two applications will be described: on e regards to living by CHEMICAL m etaphors and the other f ocuses o n the imp ortance of source of m etaphor in s econd language p edagogy. Lakoff and J ohnson (1980, pp. 143 – 144) belie ves that the CHEMICAL m etaphor c an provide a different vie w to the exp erience of sol ving proble ms. Understanding an expression li ke “ the solution of m y proble ms ” based o n CHE MICAL metaph or allows u s to conceptuali ze the s olution as to be a chemical liquid in which we put our proble ms with catalysts constant ly dissolving some problems and precip itating out others. It gives this vi ew, as our pr oblems are the things that neve r disappear complet ely and they cannot be solved once forever; our problems are always present , but their form may change, som e may diss o lve in the solution and so me may re main as s olid form. What we can do as best is to find a solvent, which dissolves one problem without making another one precipitate o ut. Since we are no t able t o have a complete control o n what goes into the solution, therefore, as our present proble ms are dissolving, we find some old an d new problems precipitating o ut. This is partly becaus e of our effor ts and partly de spite anything we do. Th e conceptualizati on of s olving a problem by means of CHE MICAL metaphor chan ges our understandin g of problems and suggests a different a pproach, as Lakoff and J onson describ e: The CHE MICAL metaphor gives us a new view of hu man pr oblems. I t is appropriate to the experience of finding that problem s which we once though t were “ solv ed ” turn up again and again. The CHEMICA L metaphor says that problems are not the kind of things that can be made to disappear fore ver. To treat th em as things that can be “ solv ed ” once and for all is pointles s. To live b y the CHEMICAL metaph or would be to accept it as a fact that n o problem ever disappears forever. Rather than direct your energi es toward solving y our problems once and for all, yo u would direct your energies toward finding out what catalysts will dissolve yo ur most pressing problems for the longest time without precipitating out worse ones. The reappearan ce of a problem is vi ewed as a natural occurrenc e rather than a failure on your part to find “ the right way to solve it. ” ( Lakoff & Johns on, 1980, p. 144). This shows that how the CH EMICAL m etaphor, as the source, gives a n ew kind o f reality to o ur problems. In this view, even a temp orary solution for a pr oblem would be an accomplishment rather than a failure. The C HEMICAL metaphor allows u s to face our problems as the natural order of things rather than disord ers to be “ cured. ” Accordin gly, the way we understand our everyday life and our methods to act and react in it, would be different if we live by CHEMICAL metaph or. Most of us deal with pr oblems, as they are P UZZLES, for which they ha ve a correct solution, and o nce it is solved, they are solved fore ver. Presentl y the PROBLEMS ARE PUZZLES met aph or characteriz es the reality o f o ur problems. Shifting from PUZZLE to CHEMICAL metaphor would characterize a new reality (Lakoff & Johnson, 1 980, pp. 1 44 – 1 45). The s ame argumen t is valid in dis co urses about cit y. Considering city as organ ism pro vides us some notions that are not av ailab le in o ther so urces like m achine, fact ory, for est, etc. Each of these sources sugges ts us specific truth, reality and g uideline to design the city or approaching to our problems. Formulating design of city as it proposed by Francesco di Giorgi o Martini in the Renaissance, is a PUZZLE approach that in which every part of city must be arranged based on human body as the only reference. This approa ch is criticized by Tange and the Metabolists , Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 45 because they believed that this model is not capabl e of o rganic grow th. What is to note that, the problems, which Tange and the Metabolists encountered in the 196 0s, was not ex ist during the Renaissance. Fur thermore, the perception of city in th ese two peri ods were not the same. However, there is a limit; shifting from one to another source o f metaph or is not an easy matter. The awareness of the possibilities provided by CHEMICAL metaphor is one thing, but adapting o ur conceptual system to it is different and far more diffi cult thing. Each of us has, consciously o r unconsciously, hundreds of problems and in our daily life, we are constan tly working on them to find a proper solution, most o fte n based on PUZZLE metaphor. A big part of our unconscious dail y activities is structured based on PUZZLE metaphor, which m akes us unable to do a quick and easy change to the CH EMICAL metaphor based o n a c o nsciou s d ecision (Lakoff & J ohnson, 1 980, p. 145). Another applica tion, describ es by Nues sel (20 10, pp. 240 – 241) regards to the second languag e pedagogy, which is replete with metaphoric co nstruc ts, many of them implicit. Second language methodology is composed o f a series of shifting metaphoric models. The gra mmar-translation model, for example, uses the MIND-BODY metaphor, by which the acquisition o f a second language is conceptualized as a kind of mental exercis e similar to bodybuildin g. The secon d metaph orical model is called THE PRODUCTION METAPHOR, wh ich was characteristic of aud iolingualism. According to this mo del, the process o f teaching a second language is conceptual ized as a factory in which a supervisor (teacher) molds the products (students) by means of blueprints (textbooks). In this approa ch, the main goals are the use of essential language skills, that is, sp eaking, writing, comprehensi on and reading . This production metaphoric model is still employed in carrier-oriented classes, i.e., language for specific purp oses like medicine, law, etc. Another metaphoric m odel , which is newer than two mentioned models, considers that the second language acquisition is the same as first lan guage acq uisition. The effect of this model is n otable, that is, th e metaphor m akes the teacher equi valent to a parent in the classroom, and this frequ ently resu lts in a teacher - dominated clas sroom en vironment. Despite usefulness of metaphors in second langua ge instructions, using metaphoric m odels, especially unrecognized ones, may have some negative effects because it is assumed that the result may be contrary to what is ex pected (Nuessel, 2010, p. 2 41). Michael Danahy in his stud y O n t h e M e t a p h o r i c a l L a n g u a ge o f L 2 R e s e ar c h (1986, pp. 2 28 – 235) confir ms this statement. Danahy categorizes m etaphoric m odels in second langu age teaching into two m ajor division: human-non- human metaphors (e.g. culi nary, gardening , scientific , etc.) and hu man -human metaphors (e.g. military, family, medical, etc.). The human/non-human case, for exampl e culinary metap hor, entails that the teacher is the actor and the students are the patients. In this active/p assive model, the students are conceptualize d as recipients of a meal prepared by the instruct or, which will enrich and enhance them. The human/human case, for example the family metaph o r, assu mes that students are like children who are not capable o f d oing their tasks on their own. The effect of parent-child metaphor is notable because it prevents students from beco ming independent and self-sufficient. Therefore, c hoosing the s ource of meta phor is significant, as Nuessel e mphasizes: Recognition of the metaphoric models that pervade a discipline is esse ntial to an understandin g of what we do. Identificati on o f negativ e o r inappropria te conceptual metaphors in a ny profe ssion is a first step to re medying deficiencies (Nuessel, 20 10, p. 241). 1.6 .6 Met aph ors and sim ilar it y We see similarities based o n the categ o ries we have in o ur conceptual system, and much o f o ur conceptual system is structured by metaphors. This fo llows that a wide range of similaritie s that we Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 46 perceive, are the result of conventional m etaphors that are part of our conceptual system (Lak off & John son, 1980, p. 147). The creation of similariti es by metaphors occurs in different ways. Some similarities are the r esult of correlati ons we percei ve in our experiences and they arise fr om conventional metaphors. This can occur b y c onceptualiz ing o ne abstract enti ty by way o f a p hysical entity. For example, in an industrial culture there is relationship between the amo unt of time a task required to be done and the amount of labor to accomplish a task. This correlation allows us to conceptualize TIM E and LABOR metaphorically as uniform SUBSTANCES and see them both a s physical resources , and therefor e as similar to each other. In this view, the two metaphors TIME I S A SUBSTANCE and L ABOR IS A SUBSTANCE allow us to see both time and labor similar through some properties: both can be quantified, assigned a value p er unit, used up, etc. It is to note that, since these metaphors can par tially structure some realities within a culture, the si milarity between time and labor that is based on metaphor is real for that cultur e and no t for other cultures (Lakoff & Johnson, 198 0, p. 147). Some similarities arise from structuring one less concrete co ncept metaph orically in terms of another more concrete one in our conceptual syst em (Lakoff & J ohnson, 1980, pp. 147 – 148). For example, th e COMMUNICA TION SYSTEM IN CITY IS I TS NERVOUS S YSTEM metaphor structures the concept of communication system as nervous system. We see them similar because both transf er information. These similari ties depend on the metaphor. That is, understanding the human body nervous system is in dependent of th e m etaphor, but the concept of city n ervous sy stem arises onl y through the metaphor. The COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IN CITY IS ITS NERVOUS SYSTEM metaphor is partly based on other metaph ors, according to which INFORMATION IS FLUID D ATA; it is al so based on the COMMUNIC ATION SYSTEM IS MADE OF DUCTS metaphor, whi ch conceptualizes communication syste m and nervous system both as DUCTS and establishes a similarit y betwee n them. By putting these metaphors together, we get a complex metaphor in which COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IN CITY IS ITS NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT CARRIES INFORMATION, in the same way that inf ormational signals moves throughout the nervous system. Th erefor e, th e COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IN CITY IS ITS NERVOUS SYSTEM is partly based on thi s m etaphoricall y similarity between co mmunication syste m of city and nervous system of human body , and the similarity itself is a consequence of the INFORMAT ION IS FLUID D ATA and COMMUNICA TION SYSTEM IS MADE OF DUCTS metaphor. Th e COMMUNICA TION SYSTEM IN CITY IS ITS NERVOUS SYSTEM m etaphor is m eanin gful fo r us and fits our experiences because o f the similarity that is induced by metaphor. In this way of co nceptua lization, the COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IN CITY IS ITS NERVOUS SYSTEM metaphor entails some other similarities: both carries informa tion, send signals, etc. These nervous system concepts (send, carry, etc.) are impor tant for us because in some cases they “ give us a way of understanding psychologic al processes that we have no direct and well- defined wa y of conceptuali zing. ” (Lakoff & Johns o n, 198 0, p. 148). The creation o f similari ty is o bservabl e in the new metaphors as well. They can create si milaritie s in the same way as conv entional metaphors. For example, the new metaphor PROBLE MS ARE PRECIPITAT ES IN A CHEMICAL SOLUTION is based on conceptualization of pr oblems as tangibl e things suggested by conventional metaphor PROBLEMS ARE OBJECTS. Moreover, we understan d that PROBLEMS ARE S OL ID OBJECTS because o f the CH EM ICAL metaphor that identifies PROBLEMS as precipitates in a chemical solu tion. In this exampl e, we induce similaritie s between problems that we encounter in our daily life and the precipitate s in a chemical soluti on becau se they are bo th perceptible and can be identified, analyz ed and acted up on. These similariti es are outcome s of the CHEMICAL metaphor, specifically the part that state s PROBLEMS ARE SOLID OBJEC TS. Further more, when a precipitate is dissolved, it does not have a perceptible form anymore and it cann ot be identified, analyzed o r acte d upon; it seems to be gon e, however it may recur in a different form. The same process is applicable to a problem too. This similarity between proble ms and precipitates Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 47 is provided by that part of CHEMICAL metaphor in which CHEMICAL SOLUTI ON acts as a sol vent (Lakoff & Johns on, 1980, pp . 148 – 149). Another example in which similarities are created by n e w metaphor is the A PERFECTLY GOOD CI TY IS A WISE HUMAN. This metaphor highlights some aspects of city and hides others. It hides tho se aspects of city that fit the CITY IS SICK metaph or because these two metaphors do no t have any consistent overlap. The w ise adjective presented by A P ERFECTLY GOOD CITY IS A WISE HUMAN is inconsistent with the pathological aspect o f human. In this way, the A PERFECTLY GOOD CITY IS A WISE HU M AN metaphor puts aside s ome o f our c onceptualiz ations abo ut city. The metaphor, instead, highlig hts some aspects, which are consiste nt with the experience of rationalism (e.g. making a right decision, righteousne ss, etc.) This proc ess induces a set of similari ties between those aspects o f city highlig hted by met aph or and the wise human. Consequently, these induced similarities aris e through the entail m ents such as, city thinks , city is s mart , etc. Some similari ties aris e from the entailm ents of me taphors. B y means of the entailments , metaph ors characterize si m ilarities between two diff erent kinds o f experience. In structurin g an experience by way of another o ne, w e est ablish a coherent system between them, which is refl ected thr ough the entailments. The entail m ents select and highlight only a cer tain rang e of th e struc tured experienc e and leave o ut the other ran ges. The metaph o r then characterizes a sim ilari ty between thi s s elected range and some other range from another experienc e. This structural similarit y between the two kinds of experienc e provides the way to understand how one individu al experience fits to another one in a coherent way (L akoff & Johnson, 1980, pp. 152 – 153). For example, in the A PERFECTLY GOOD CITY IS A WISE HUMAN metaphor the coherence is est ablished by structurin g city based on our knowledg e about wise human. This coher ence is r eflected by the entailments and the way they fit together. The auth or ’ s personal view of wise man give s rise to at least the fo llo wing entailments: City is human City can thin k City knows go od and bad City has knowledg e City makes de cision City has experi ence City is intellig ent City can com municate City can speak City do not risk Among them, some are entailments o f WISE (e.g. city is intelligent ) and some are entailments of human (e.g. city can speak ). This co herent structure allows us to set up a meaning ful relationship between the highlig hted experience s and understan d how the entailments are related to each other. Therefore, by means o f the metaphor certain highlig hted concepts of city is seen as structurally sim ilar to the certain highlighted concepts provided by wise human. This process of understandin g and finding similarity is possible only b y m eans of metaphor, as Lakoff and Johnson argue: It is this structural similarity betwe en the two ranges o f experienc e that allows you to find coherence in the range of highligh ted [certain] experiences . Correspondin gly, it is by virtue of the metaphor that the highlig hted range of experiences is picked out as being coherent. Without the m etaphor, this range of experiences doe s not exist for you as being an identifiab le and coher ent set of experienc es (Lakoff & John son, 1980, pp. 150 – 151). Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 48 In this view, conceptua lizing CITY as A WISE HUMAN brings them into f ocus as fitting together into a coherent whol e. 1.6 .7 Long evi ty of m etap hors Metaphors have differ ent durability and “ the peri od of time when metaphors are able to inspir e and to interpret creative solutions can be limited. ” (Hauser, 2013, p. 119). In this situation, a cert ain metaphor will be expired and not b e used any m ore. The impermanenc e of metap hors is due to the different reasons. They are not used when the questions that a metaphor helped to a sk and to answer lose their importan ce or prominence, when they are in fact answered, when metaphors ar e not fashi onable an y more. Fi nally, when the related questions can be defined by terms withi n thei r own context rather than by metaph ors, which always implies a reference to anoth er context im ages and meanings (Haus er, 2013, p. 119). On the other hand, when a metaphor is frequently used in a gi ven co ntext it will lose its first impression and b ecome an ordinary word in tha t context, as B öhme says, “ m etaphors are [.. .] only metaphors in their firs t utilization. Thr o ugh rep etition their appeal qu ickly disapp ears and they ar e then only words like others. ” (B öhme, 2013, p. 56). Thi s is the case of so -called “ dead metaphors , ” which is controversial am ong scientists. Experientiali sts criticize the concept of “ dead metaphor ” and call it an objectivist approach to the meaning. For them , this approach is based on preexisting similarities and inherent properties of the o bjects, which is not always valid (L akoff & Johnson, 1980, pp. 211 – 215). As Lakoff and Johnson describes, in o bjectivis t view, some words and expressions such as digest i n “ I can ’ t dig est all those facts, ” which i s based on IDE AS ARE FOOD are not “ live ” metaphor. For them, the term digest would have two dis tinct literal meanings: dige st1 for food and digest2 for idea, and two words digest1 and digest2 are homonyms. In o bjectivist view, the digest2 is a dead metaph or; it used to be a metaphor, but not an ymore. It has become conventionalized and has its own literal meaning; “ it died and became fr ozen, taking its old metaphorical meaning a s a new li teral m eaning. ” (Lak off & Johnson, 1980, p. 211 -212). Th e following paragraph by Lakoff and Johnson describes best the co ncept of dead meta phor through the exampl e of digest: The w ord digest o riginally referred to a food co ncept. By a “ live ” metaphor, the word digest was transferre d to a preexisting objective meaning in the realm of ideas, on the basis o f pree xisting objectiv e similaritie s between food and idea s. Eventually the metaphor “ died, ” and the metaphorical use of digest an idea became conventional. Di gest thus o btained a second literal objective meaning[... ]. This is seen, on the objectivist account, as a typical way of providing words for preexi sting meanings that lack words to express them. All such cases w ould be consid ered homony ms (Lakoff & Jo hnson, 1980, p. 2 13). Although the term dead m etaphor is prevalentl y used by many authors, there is still lack o f a consensus among scientists. Experientialist s and psychol ogists believe that many conventional phrases, so called dead me taphors, retain a b ig part of their metaphorical meani ng because they keep their linkage to their conceptual metaphors. Some studies suggest that readin g a co nventiona l metaphor such a s John ble w his stack 7 quickly reaches t o its conceptual metaphor ANGER IS H EATED FLUID IN A CONTAINER, which partly inspires particular m eaning to this conventional metaphor. 7 'blow one's stack' in English language means “to become viol ently angry” or “to go crazy.” Blow. ( n.d.). Retrieved April 4, 2017, from htt ps://www.merriam -webster.com/dictionary/blow Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 49 Similarly, John bit her head off 8 expression activates ANGER IS ANIMAL BEHAVIOR metaphor (Gibbs, 2010, p. 455). 1.6 .8 Psych olog ica l fe atur es of m etap hor s Many psychological studi es support th e statement that “ many aspects of people ’ s abstract concepts and reasoning processes are shap ed by enduring conceptual metaph or ” (Gibbs, 2010, p. 454). They influence the ways people understand abstract notions such as politics, scientific theories, m inds, emotions, the self, morality, learning and p roblem so lving. Many studies show tha t particular metaphorical construal of some domains (e .g., EMOTIONS ARE CONTAINERS) can facilitate people ’ s activities like learning new information, solving problems and make decisions, if the metaph or and the en countered situation have the similar structure. Simu ltaneously, since switching between various c onceptual metaphors m ay n eed m ore c ognitive effort in som e situations, people typically have multiple metaphori cal schemes of the most abstract ideas (e.g. THEORIES ARE BUILDINGS , THEORIES ARE FABRIC). A ccording to psychol o gists, this multiplicity of metaphorical ways of conceiving is an ev idence, which demo nstrate that “ a good deal o f ordinary thought is shaped by metaphor. ” A large body of evidences from psych o logical studies demonstrates tha t: People concep tualize certa in topics via metaphor Conceptual metaph ors assi st people in tacitly underst anding why metaphorical words and ex pressions mean what the y do People access conc eptual m etaphors during their immediate, o nline production and comprehensi on of conventi o nal and novel metaphors. (Gibb s, 2010, p. 45 4) Psychological studies sh ow that pe ople have a c omplex unders tanding of nu merous abstrac t notions, which par tially affect their daily language an d their way of reasoning. In the domain of emotions, for example, people conceive it metaphorically based partl y on their embodied experiences. As it is discus sed before, people know tacitly that an expression lik e blow your stack and flip your lid are bo th motivat ed by ANGER IS HEATED FLUID IN A CONTAINER . Th i s conceptualizati on of anger influ ences people ’ s judgm ents about the quality of someone ’ s anger and the use o f diff erent metaphorical ex pressions, which best fits to the context. Simultaneously, the tacit kno wledge of people on con ceptual metap hors constrains the sp ecific mental i mages and meanings they beli eve these metaphors express. For example, the expression blow your stack is used when a person is very angry and feels interna l pressure, and the expression of the anger is unintentional and forceful. It is to note that, there is lack o f a consensus among scientists about the role o f m etaphorica l thought, or c o nceptual metaphor, in a p sychological theory of verbal m etaphor use. H owever, with no do ubt several of differe nt approaches to metaphor within linguistics and psychology will shape part o f a more compreh ensive theory of metaphor. The knowledge pro vided by psychological studies is funda m ental, as Gibbs describes : Yet i t is already evident that the traditional views of metaphor as de viant, ornamental aspects o f lan guage and thought no l onger are tenable and that psychological studies have provided ex cellent reasons to believe that m etaphor is a funda mental part of the wa ys pe ople speak and thin k (Gibbs, 2010 , p. 455). 8 'bite so meone's head off' in English language means “to yell at som eone or to be very critical of som eone especially very suddenly and without a good reason <I asked him one simple question and he bit m y head off.>“ Bite someone's head off. (n.d.). Retrieved April 4, 2 017, from https:/ /www.merriam - webster.com/dictionary /bite s omeone's head off Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 50 1.7 Ch ap ter Co ncl usi on As it we re observ ed through this chapter, m etaphor is one o f the most basic m echanisms for understandin g our experie nces. This is again st the traditional vi ew , which c onsiders metaphor as a peripheral interest in an account o f meaning and the process of understandin g. They are, instead, the m atter o f central conc ern, “ the key to giving an adequate account of unde rstanding ” (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980, p. ix). We have seen that in this chap ter, m etaphors are capable of creating new meaning, creating sim ilariti es, and thereby defining a new reality within a culture. Metaphors are pervasive in our daily languag e and, as I.A. Richards says, it is inevitabl e t o use them during our ordinary fluid discussions. They are also present in the scientific disc ourses as we are not able to prevent o r eliminate them without difficult y. In aesthetics, poli tics, sociolog y, psychology, th eory of language, semi-technica lised subjects and so on, our main concern is to find out how we use them an d how o ur fix ed wo rds ar e shifting their senses. In s ome discourses , philosoph y for example, we must be constantly aware of the metaphor that we are employing. More the discussion is ab stract, mor e we think b y means of metaphors (Rich ards, 1968, p. 92) . Metaphors function as a key device to organize o ur knowledge and they are “ a kind of tool to articulate non-hierarchi cal, non-linear strategie s of knowledg e ” (Roche, 2013, p. 283). We use the m to concep tualize the nonp hysical in terms of the physical; we conceptualize less clearly delineated in terms of more clearl y delineated. It will b e insu fficient if we co ns ider metaphors only as adornment o f speech. They are more than sim ple rhetoric devices. Their applic atio n allows us to see the object, on which the word in question is transferred, fro m a particular perspective. They bring in light those aspects o f this object that they would not be simply cogniz able. They all ow us to organize th e initially dif fuse amount of data and th eorize the m (Böhme, 2 013, p. 50). Despite of numerous advantages that metaphors pro vide us, the improper use o f them m ust be taken into account. M etaphors have func tion in “ part icular ” occasions and for those situations in which the obje ct has a prop er name can be c onfusing, as B öhme says, The co gniti ve function of metaphors would not be understandable or would even b e unnec essary if objects were already given to us concis ely articulat ed as their properties and structures. This is n o t the case (B öhme, 2013, p. 50). The instructive aspect of this chapter, in addition to acquire knowledge about metaphors, is to understand which type o f metaphor in langu age sat isfies the purpose o f this dissertation. This chapter illu strated t wo f undamental theories of m etaphor: the comparis on theory and the interactionist theory. As we have seen, the comparison theory dates back to Aristotle and it provides the basic notion of m etaphor in lan guage. Th is model t ogether wi th its s ubsidiary version , the substitution model, generally focuses on co mparing two objects or phenomenon. The interactionist theory, introdu ced by I. A. Richard and Max Black in the 20th century, provides a model in which metaphor is recognized as a cognitive device known as cognitive- conceptual model . This model with its cor ollaries, m etonym y and synec doche, for m a novel epistemological model . Both of these theories recogn ize metaphors as an understanding tool. However , the definitio n of metaphor in science encloses both theories. In scien ce, m etaphor functions as a co gniti ve device and allows us to understan d unknown ph enomen on in ter ms of a kn own phenomen on. Therefore , it is taken as the reference in this disserta tion. The novelt y o f this chapter is the in vestigation of generati o n and understandi ng o f metaph o rs together. Furthermore, it i ncludes all three aspects of metaphor s, that is, linguistic, phil o sophical and psychological aspects. Almost all literatures, explored and s tudied b y the author that ar e related to the field of architecture and urbanis m , are limited to the understandin g of metaphor. Metaphor as a cognitive de vice 51 What is left o ut is the generation o f m etaphor. The do minant approach to metaphor is the ‘ using ’ approach. As a CAD softwa re that has a library of o bjects to drag and dr op into the drawings, we use the librar y of generat ed metaphors and we drag and drop them into our texts. D iscussi on about the generation of metaphors requires having knowled ge about the mechanism of understanding . The studies about this mechan ism is usually available in specialized books, which are o ut of the realm of architecture and urbanism. Fo r example, the psychological aspect of metaph or, studied by the author, is in the C o n c i s e E n c y c l o p e d i a o f P h i l o s o p h y o f L a n g u a g e a n d L i n g u i s t i c s , which is not related to architec ture and urbanism. While, the psychological studies about metaphor go to the details of understanding. In some studies, discuss ed in this chapter, psychologists monitor the step- by -step process of un derstandi ng. Furthermore, the study of mechanism of understanding comprises before and after understanding o f meanings. In case o f understand ing a metaphor, it begins from the moment of generating a metaph or to the in terpretati on of a m etaphorica l expression. Although the knowledge about this mechanism can be beneficia l to evaluate the source of metaphor as a generat or, it is not addr esse d in the li te ratures studied by the au tho r. Up to this point, all n ecessa ry kn o wledge about metaphor is provid ed. All the theories and features that were ‘ cogniz ed ’ in this chapter will be ‘ rec ognized ’ in the discussion of metaph or in architecture an d urbanism. The ne xt chapter deal s wit h this issue. Chapter Two 2 Me tap ho r in arch ite ctu re a nd urb an ism 2.1 Ch ap ter Int rod uctio n To join the discussion of metaphor to architectural an d urban discourses, it is required to have a study on the terminology and metaphors in these fiel ds. The reas on is that, arch itects have often referred to the concepts and terms o f other discipli nes to figure thei r designs or describe their ideas (Caballero-Rodrig uez, 2013, p. 90). Furtherm ore, the lin kage o f v arious discipline s to architecture and urban ism has provide d diverse sources of metap hors. The study of these links allows us to understand how and from which sources certain metaphors came into these fields. This chapter presents these sources, their typology and their functions. The objective o f this chapter will be completed by study o f advantages of metaphors in architecture an d urbanism. This study is categorized and presented based on the nature of metaphors discussed in c hapter 1, that is, metaphors in thought and action: Structuring thought (metap hor in thought) Design phase (metaphor in action) Discussi on (metaphor in a ction) This categoriz ation comprises different stages of projects, fro m pre-construction to post- construction, to demonstr ate that how metaph ors are em ploy ed to structure the concept, define the design progress, explain the idea, justify the concept and express feedb acks. To achieve the objective of this chapter th e following topics will be di scussed: The question of termi nolo gy investigates the r ole of a jargons and metapho rs in the field of architecture and urbanism and their devel opment in history. Architecture as a multidisc iplinar y filed has be en link ed to the other disciplines. It is necessary to know why it has been always conceived in thi s wa ys and how it oscilla tes toward other field s of stud y. Emerge nce of metap hors in architecture and urbanism is not motivated only by the linkage of other disciplin es. There are other reas o n t o be s tudied. T ypology of metap hors focuses on the classificat ion of metaphor suggested by differ ent writers or architect s. The source fields investigates the origin of metaphor s and offers a systematic classification o f sour ces. Fi nally, the benefits and limits of metaph or in architecture an d urbanism field incorporat e the above-men tioned studies. Metaphor in archi tecture and urb anism 53 2.2 The que stion of te rmin olo gy Terminol ogy as a fundam ental and co ntro versial matter in architecture has led over centuries to constitute dictionaries and lexico ns. The goal has been setting up a common terminology refer ence and “ it was dev ised to establish a common languag e, to educate the public and to contr ol t he discourse about archite cture ” (Burioni, 2013, p. 73) . The study of the early efforts of naming architectural elements by some writers, e.g., Alberti, Ghiberti, Martini, etc., shows that how much the appropriat e naming of architectural and city el ements were i mportant to architects. The very first book o n architectur e , which provid es details about the ancient Greeks is D e a r c h i t e c t u r a of the Augustan architect Marcus Vitruvius P ollio (80-15 BCE). These treaties were the only written references, which were available to M edieval and early Renaissance. Alberti herein says, “ For I g rieved that so many wor ks of such bril liant write rs had been des troyed by the h ostility of time and of man, and tha t almost the sol e survivor fr om this vast shipwre ck is Vitruvius, an au thor of unquesti oned experien ce. ” (Rykwert, 1988a, p. 154). Vitruvius in these treaties, which were divided in then books, rehe arsed the theories and categorized the buildings of Hellenistic architects which we re three or four centuries before his time. His recordings are based on the monographs, which architects wrote to justify their designs. Regardin g the terminology, he followed the same attitudes of the authors and adopted their vocabulary. Therefor e, most of his technical terms are transliterated si m ply fro m Greek to Latin (Rykw ert, 1988b, p. ix). His transl ation meth od makes hi s writings difficu lt to underst and for the future re aders. As Alberti sa ys: [his] writings have been so co rrupted by time that there are many o missions and many shortcomings. What he handed down was in any case not refined, and his speech such that the La tins might think that he wanted to appear a Greek, while the Greeks would think that he babbled Latin. However, his very text is evidence that he wrote neither Latin nor Greek , so that as far as we are concerned he mig ht just as well not have written at all, rather than write something tha t we cann ot understand (Alberti, 1988, p. 154). It seems that Vitruvius was aware of the problem in translating jargons. He was not neithe r grammarian nor o rator , as he declares, but a writer of architecture. In addition, he points out the difficulty of tec hnical terms and emphasizes on the difference between writing about architecture and o ther to pics, “ Writin g on architecture is not like history or poetry. [...] because those ter ms which originate in the peculiar needs of the art, give rise to obscurity of ideas from the unusual nature o f the lang uage. ” (Vitruvius Pollio, 1914, p . 129). The un clarity of Vitruvius ’ terminol ogy was so incomprehensib le and unusable to Alberti, tha t he preferred to recourse t o the remained ruin s, as he says , “ Examples of an cient temples and theaters have survi ved that ma y teach us as much a s any profess or. ” (Alberti, 1988, p. 1 54) . The second book on architecture was written in Renaissance by Leon Battista Alberti (1404 -1472) between 1443 and 1452. A lberti, like Vitruvius, divide d his treaties O n t h e A r t o f B u i l d i n g ( D e r e a e d i f i c a t o r i a ) into ten boo ks. These treaties are written in an intelligib le Latin b y emplo ying new terminol ogies. Gio vanni Nencioni in his S u l l a F o r m a z i o n e d i u n L e s s i c o N a z i o n a l e d e l l 'A r c h i t e t t u r a (On the fo rmati on o f a national lexicon of archit ect ure) (1995, pp. 7 – 33) describes, neverthele ss, Alberti showed his honor to the antique legacy, but he lin ked them to hi s present heritag e. His attempt was to legitimate th e profession of building, but with a prope r concept of be auty in archit ect ure. Further m ore, b y introducing his theory of construction provide s the fundamental noti ons of design by starting from the geometric figures, consti tuted of lines and angles. Alb erti, in contras t to Vitruvius, w as a literary man and phil osopher. His g ood knowledge in languag e and technical writing helped hi m to ren ovate and impr o ve the Vitruvius ’ treaties, and Metaphor in archi tecture and urb anism 54 where it was necessary, he does n ot hesitat e to creat e new terms. As Burioni says, Alberti did not try to establish a standard or a systematic categorized denom inati on of architectural terminology. What he did, was e mployin g the terms, which work ed rhetoricall y. Therefore, he made change s to Vitruvius ’ terminol ogies according to his method. It is, he tried to ado pt the Latin o f Vitruvius , first to the best Latin of antique writers and then to the everyday languag e of his own time. In thes e adoptions, his approach was to mo ve metaph orical nam es fr om visua l to au ditory sensati on (Burioni, 20 13, p. 75). There have been many att empts to establish a professional language of archi tecture in Europe. After the two influential treaties o f Vitruvius and Alb erti, in Italy fo r exampl e, the e arly attemp ts belong to Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378 -145 5) and Frances co di Giorgio Martini (1439 -1501), but they were not complet e. The primeval complete lexicons were done by Fabio Calvo (1450 -1527) during 1514-1515 and Cesare Cesarian o (1475-1543) in 1521 and Sebastiano Serlio (1475-1554) in 1537, which this lat ter was widel y popular in Eur ope and Ita ly (Nencioni, 1995, pp. 7 – 3 3). The common language was and still is important, because there has been alway s an obsessi on to giving correct name to architectural elements, even th o ugh there were multiple reasons. Sometimes for political goals and sometimes to redu ce an impli cation or give a higher value to an architectural element. How ever “ a secure connecti on between ‘ words ’ and ‘ things, ’ between ‘ res ’ and ‘ verba, ’ se ems to be ce ntral to the practic e of architecture. ” (Bu rioni, 2013, p. 73 ). 2.3 Arc hi tec tu re a s a m ulti-di scip lin ary fiel d Architecture h as n o t been o nly the art of buildin g a construction, but it has been a multidiscip linary work, which has had a strong linkage with other professions too. Vitruvius in his treat ies defines the departments of arch ite cture as a field of s tudy, which comprises c onstruction of for tified t own, buildin g structures for privates an d construction of machineries (Vitruvius, 1 914, p. 16 ). In his view, an architect is a person who is “ equipped with know ledge of many branches of study and varied kinds o f learning, for i t is by his judgment that all wo rk done by the o ther arts is put to te st ” (Vitruvius Polli o, 1914, p. 5) . Accordingly, in o rder to e ducate an archi tect he ad vises: Let h im be educated, skilful with th e pencil, instructed in g eometry, know m uch history, have f o llowed the philosophers with atten tion, understand music, have some knowledg e o f m edicin e, know the opinions of the jurists, and be acquainted with astr onomy and the theory of th e heav ens (Vitruvius Pollio, 1914, pp. 5 – 6) . In Renaissance, this linkage was re-emphasized by Leon Battis ta Alb erti. He notes that in the prologue of his treaties: Before I g o any farther, however, I should explain exactly whom I mean by an architect; for it is n o carpenter that I would have you compare to the greatest exponents of other disciplines: the carpenter is but an instrument in the hands of th e archit ect . 9 Him I consider the architec t, who by sure and wonderful reason and method, knows both how to de vise throug h his own mind and energy, and to realize by construction, whatever can be most beautifu lly fitted 9 Joseph Rykwert about this mea ning provid ed by Alberti says, “ Alberti is here refuting t he popular etymology of the word ‘Archit ect’: although it was in fact Greek origin, and meand ‘chief builder,’ medieval tradit ion held that it was derived from the Latin words archus and tectum; the architect was the reby associated with carpente r , the builder of roofs ” (Alberti, 1988, p. 36 6) Metaphor in archi tecture and urb anism 55 out for the noble needs o f man, by the movement o f weights and the jo ining and massing of bodies (Alberti, 1988, p. 3) . For Alberti an architect has a great responsibilit y, as he says, “ it is who is responsibl e for our delight, entertainment , and health while at leisure, and our profit and advantage while at word, and in short, that we live in a dignified manner, free from and danger. ” (Alberti, 1988, p. 5) . In this view, he states that an archi tect “ must have an und erstandin g and knowledge o f all the highest and most noble disciplines. ” (Alber ti, 1988, p. 3) . Today, architecture, togeth er with urbanism, are still kno wn as multidisciplinary fields which tend to integra te to the other fields of stud y, as Gerb er says, “ architecture and u rbanism are thus unstable, both as o bjects o f investigation and as investi gating/designin g subjects (but this must no t be co nsider ed simply as negative terms. ” (Gerber, 2013, p. 19). Gerber sees advantages in this integrity. He believes that the overlap o f these discip lines with others and exte nsive use o f their terms shows two points: In on e hand i t shows how m uch architecture and urb anism ar e oscillatin g between different disciplin es and in the o ther, it shows how much these disciplin es have capacity to be integrated with other fields (Gerber, 2013, p. 19). This oscillation is more evident in the process of design, which is “ characterized as an interdiscip linary process, during which the boundaries of the participatin g disciplines are not always clearly drawn ” (Schurk, 2013, pp. 227 – 228). In the field of urbani sm too, there is lack o f te chnical terms , which belong to this discipline itself. Gerber calls urbanis m as “ interdisciplinary disc ipline with blurr ed bounda ries towa rd urban plannin g, civ ic design and to those other disciplines - such as archit ecture but also engine ering sciences, soci ology and ge ography - that share its objects, i.e. the city . ” (Ger ber, 2013, p. 18). However, establishing a correct linkage and integr ating these disciplin es is challenging. The theoreticians in archit ecture and urban ism, as th e archit ect ural historian Manfredo Tafuri describes, are like persons who walk on a razor ’ s edg e and are expos ed to the wind , which by changing tries to make the m fall (Tafuri, 1980 , p. 180). 2.4 Eme rge nce o f me ta ph ors Over time, the advance ment o f each linked science in one hand and “ the radic al urban changes such as industrial revoluti on, transition o f production sy stem from handmade to fabricated, Taylor- Ford wo rking system and soci o -economic changes ” in the other, complicated the linkage between architecture and urbanism with other sciences. This complexity ga ve rise to the inevitable u se of metaphors, as Sec chi says: It is during these periods that we are unable to use plai n discourse. Ever y one of these periods was in fact marked in the past by a set of metaphors trying to depict the real urban situat ion and its pr oblems. The role of t he metaphor, a s is well known, is just this: to give a meaning to what we are provisionall y unable to un derstand. In fac t, it is when we d o n ot u nderstand the situation that, in my view, we ne ed strong metaphors and i mages (Secchi, 2013, pp. 124 – 12 5). Therefore, un derstanding a rchitectural and urban disc o urses in t erms of other discip lines, as Andr i Gerber points out, shows two issues: the instability nature of these disciplines and difficulty in describing the pr o cesses o f this field, that is, how th ey work. In fact, arch itecture and urb anism ar e oscillating between art, engineering and science. They take orientation toward the discipline from which they get metaphors, as it happened b efore (Gerb er, 2013, p. 18) . Although there are many words from other disciplines in architecture and urbanism, but the source of th ese words is not well investigated. The “ metaph ors conc erned with architecture itself - i.e. Metaphor in archi tecture and urb anism 56 where architectur e is the target - remain largel y underexplor ed regardless of the fact that archit ects have always used concep ts and entities outside the architectural realm in order to think of and discuss their pra ctice. ” ( Caballero-Rodrig uez, 2013, p. 90). 2.4 .1 Typol ogy of m etap hor s The question of converting metaphors from discussio n to construction necessitates differentia ting between them. This section deals with the most com mon and prev alent distinc tions of metaphors in architecture and urban ism. It is to note that, there is no consensus about the typol ogy of metaphors in architectur e and urbanism. Ea ch architect or philosopher sug gest a different classification. However, tha t type of metaph o r studied by the author are li sted as below: Metaph or as image & m etaphor as pr ocess Process-f ocused and produ ct-focused metaph o rs Physical m etaphors and c onceptual metaphors Metaph ors on the disc ourses and metaph ors in concrete works Andri Gerber distinguish es metaphors in two types of “ image ” and “ process ” and argues, “ The model that m etaphors create to understand the world, in archit ecture and urbanism, sooner or later will somehow become literal and ‘ true ’ in their project. And it is importa nt to distinguish between met aph ors as processes and metaphors as images . ” (Gerber, 2013, p. 20) . For Gerber, “ metaph ors as imag es ” remain always figurative and they will n o t be transformed into r eal objects. While “ m etaphors as pr ocesses ” will becom e literal an d factual. Caballero dis tinguishes m etaphors ac co rding to th eir f unctions, tha t is, “ whether they focus o n th e processes underg one by architects to achiev e particul ar design solutions o r o n the products of their work (i.e. buildings). ” Met aphors, which f ocus o n process “ draw attention to the combin atory procedures involved in a rchitectural design, p ortraying them in ter ms of seemingly r elated practices. ” (Cab allero-Rodri guez, 2013, p. 95). For example, e ach of the metaph ors ARCHITECTU RAL PRACTICE IS CLO TH-MAKING, DESIGNING A BUILDING IS EXP ERIMENTING, ARCHITECTURE IS LANGUAGE, ARCHI TE CTUR AL PRACTICE IS MUSICA L PRACTICE, indicates a s eries of actions, operations, or motions invol ved in the accomplish ment o f an end. Metapho rs, which focus on products, refer to tangible or sensibl e sources. Most of them “ draw upon organic, inorganic, and motion s ources, and are used to r efer to, describe and assess buildin gs accordin g to (a) their functional or ‘ behavioural ’ properties, and (b) their external appearance. “ (Caballero-Rodrig uez, 2013, p. 96). Howe ver, process-f ocused and product-focused m etaphors sometimes overlaps. For example, in the mentioned examples, nevertheless, they are “ process-f ocused ” metaphors, but they point to the produce r and the pr oduct too. They illus trate architect s as CLOTH-MAKERS , EXPERIMENTERS , WRI TER or C OMPOSERS/C ONDUCT ORS an d building s as TEXTILE ARTEFACTS , EXPERIMENTS, TEXTS or MUSICA L P IECES. Therefor e, “ many process-focus ed metaphors subsume product-metaph o rs. ” (Caba llero-Rodriguez, 2 013, p. 9 6). Secchi (2013, pp. 126 – 127) distinguish es metaphors in two groups of “ physical ” and “ conceptual ” . The physical met aph ors transfer meaning through a tangible concepts from one discipli ne to architectural and urban discourses. Fo r example co mparing city t o a machin e focuses on the functional aspect of city and reflects the impor tance of performance. The conceptual metaphor s convey meaning by means of more abstract and conc eptual terms such as “ continuity, regularit y, order, transparency, equilibrium, pr ocess or fragmen t, patch. ” This group of m etaphors connect s the real world to the abstract world and had a fundamental role in realizat ion of urban an d territorial pr o jects. Metaphor in archi tecture and urb anism 57 Böhme differentiat es m eta phors according to their roles in architectur e. For him it is n ecessary to know if the focus is o n the discourse o r o n concrete wo rks o f architec ture . He considers the first type as an absolut e linguist ic kind o f metaphors, which “ consists only in the use of concepts in the description of works of architecture that stem from other domains. ” (Böhm e, 2013, p. 51). This kind of metaphor “ help[s] to render the effect of a wor k o f archit ecture provok es . ” (Böhme, 2013, pp. 51 – 52) . Böhme emphasizes on dis tinguishing between metap hors and those ter ms , whic h appear to be metaph ors. For him these ter ms, which Charl es Jencks call them “ mixed metaphors ” , are not metaphors. For example, describ ing Jörn Utzon ’ s Opera house in Sidney as “ gr owth of a flower over ti me - the unfol ding of petals ” is onl y sy mbolization o f the reality (Böhme, 2013, p. 5 2). He explains this distinction more precisely through the definition o f atmosph ere and sensation of visitors in spac e: Atmospheres are spaces with a certain mood. In o rder to characteriz e the atmosphere of a building, it seems that one needs again certain metaphors. So for example one could say to define the suggestions for movement contained by an architectural form, that they are emergent o r rapturous, or even sublime. Yet, it is importan t to hold o nto the fact, that there are not metaphors - that would imply that the corr esponding terms would come from somewh ere else. This is not the case. Rather the chara cters of atmospheres are attributed t o the atmospheres themsel ves a nd to the objects that pr oduce them (Böhme, 2013, p. 52) . He considers these kind of metaphors as literal words, which points to a specified meaning or adjective as he argues, “ In fact they predicate properties o f things not as their determina tion, but as their ecstasy, as well as the i mpressions, that a visitor will experien ce . ” (Böh me, 2013, pp. 52 – 53) . Accordingly, for Böhm e, many terms, which are used to describe the characters of architec tural works, do not really imply metaphors. In other wor ds, they “ appear to be metaphors, while in reality, they characterize the humo rs and dispositions, the synesthesias that one experiences in the environmen t of these wo rk s. ” (Böh me, 2013, p. 53). Böhme sees his argument in accordance with the definition of metaphor given by Aristotl e, which defines metaphor as an application o f a word that belongs to another thing. In a metaphorical expression, t he so urce and target of metaphor come from differ ent co ntexts, while in case o f “ mixed metaphors ” both the object and term belo ng to the same context, therefore, they are no t m etapho rs. The second type is the use of metaphors in a concrete work of arc hitecture in projects. In this t ype, Böhme considers architecture as a languag e and consequen tly architectural element s become signs. However, he makes a differentiati on between this type of metaphor and lingu istic m etaphors. In linguistic metaphors, the communicati on is d one b y meaningful words , which are n ormally relat ed t o th e objec ts. While, here we have a communica tio ns, where the transfer of meaning occurs by somethi ng that is outside languag e (Böhme, 2013, p. 53) . 2.4 .2 Sign m etap h ors According to Barie Fez-Barringten, the use o f metaph or as signs and symbols in architecture and urbanism is perhaps the oldest one. In different periods of histor y, metaphors are used to represen t identity, securit y, status, power, protection, shelter and religious purposes. Fez -Barrin gten in his A r c h i t e c t u r e : t h e M a k i n g o f M e t a p h o r s (2012, pp. 33 – 53) illustrate s the prominent historical periods in which architectu re stands as sign-m etaphor. The use of this kind o f m etaphor in architecture trace s back to the Tell Turlu in Mesopotamia, in the Near East from 1100 BCE to 4300 BCE, where most o f the caves had excavated habitats in the ground in a circle-shap e. W hen so me of them left their caves to build shelters, they made th e sam e Metaphor in archi tecture and urb anism 58 circle-shape in the ground to inhabit. This sha pe represents wholene ss, an d perhap s it was a mo de l for the organizational stru cture of life or a cosmic diagram. It is assumed that, it was a sign to identify, s ecure and address the habitat. For some it is interpreted as a metaphor of ear th energies and the wisdom of nature and fo r some o thers it is to capture the image of the countless demons and gods. The ancient archit ecture was a reflecti on of the tension between the divin e and mortal world. The city was a place in which metaph or s marked and defined the sacred spaces fro m the wilderness of nature. In this view, the temple or palace played as complementar y r o le by acting as h ouse of gods. The Egyptian and Mesoamerican pyramids ar e the examples of this kind of metaph ors. Fez- Barringten em phasize s, “ The advent of the city itself was a m etaphor to the power, position and potential of the societ y. It was totally urb an and meta phoric . ” (Fez-Barr ingten, 2 012, p. 38). For Ancient G reeks and Romans me taphor was bas ed on the architectural or ders with their metaphoric columns , entab latures, stat ues and sculptures. Each of these architectural element s referred t o somethin g els e. For ex ample, the column was the tree and entablature contained illustration of their gods and heroes. The metaphor of law and order and civic pride led the architecture of this period to represent the govern ment ’ s civic o rder through the archi tectural orders. In other words, th e effort made by government to es tablish order in the society was reflected metaph orically in f orms of unity, symme try and balance in archit ecture. Greeks and Romans ’ templ es and mon uments are the sig n-metaphors to express pub licly the consensus toward gods, rituals and persons. F urthermore, they repr ese nt metaph orically the gener al agreement and ri ghteousness of society. The medieval architecture is characterized by castles and palaces. They were surrounded by walls where the court lived inside and the serfs and farmers outside. The castle provid ed m etaphors for designing houses. Farm ers built their houses b y mud, thatch and timber accordin g to the castle technology where the scale and materials reflected the hierarchical structur e of the society. This metaphor was inherited from ancient Egypt and last ed until French Rev olution. Over time, the castle metaphors gave the houses great halls and immobile furniture. The m ediev al houses had few movable app liances except wooden case s. People stored their belong ing in these movable ca ses in order to be ready to escape quickly when raided. These cases were use d fo r sitting and so on they evolved into m ovable furni ture with metaph o ric deco rations of animals and trees. Renaissance architecture was based o n redisc overy o f R oman ruin s and the revi val of ancient literature, b ut with new metaphors. P erspective drawing togeth er with artistic inventions influenced architectur e, furniture and househ old decorative objects. The new metaphori cal representation o f horizon had great i mpact o n Renaissance painting offered a ne w wa y t o co ncei ve and design bu ildings. Baroque architec ture by free and sculptural use of classical orders and decorations c ombined architecture, painting, scul pture and decorative arts. By this combin ation and utilizin g forms in elevation and plan, it reflected metaphors such as m otion and dynamics. As Fe z-Barrin gten describes, “ It was all extra vagantly ornate, florid, an d convoluted in character and style. F o rms burs t through their stayed form s purposefull y depicting freedom, joy and vibrancy [...]. The met aph or was from the parts to the whole and from the whole to the parts. ” (Fez-Barrin gten, 2 012, p. 48) The 1900s ’ architecture is characterized by reduction o f extravagant o rnaments o n one hand, and industrializ ation o f archite cture o n the other. High-rise buildings, high- speed tran sportation, n ew materials, mass production and biomo rphic f orms reflect metaph o rically the c ombination of art of buildin g and production te chnology. Metaphor in archi tecture and urb anism 59 In conclusion, m etaphors in fo rm o f signs, us ed in di fferent p eriods provides access to read the architecture. Each of these periods is characterized by its m etaphors. They reflect and symboliz e the value of the o wners and society. They manifest faith , wishes, needs and nec essities o f people and publi c authorities. The h istory itself is a metaphor, as Fez-Barr ingten describ es: History is metaphor o f time, space and realities segment ed int o m odules o f subjects and themes. In fact wo rks o f architecture are the land marks o f each period ’ s met aph ors and are themselves the metaphors o f that time. The history of m etaphors in periods of architecture is o ne such reality. [...] so many important p eople have given their views on hist ory it is still a vehicl e for communicatin g m etaphors from one time to another because each of these metaphors encapsulates and recalls the commonplac e and artifacts of its time (Fez-Barring ten, 2012, pp . 33 – 34). 2.4 .3 The s ourc e field s The linkage between architecture and urbanis m with o ther sciences has caused i m porting m any terms from other scientific fields. These terms are generally imported fro m na tural sciences, clot h making and t extiles, spatial mechanics, linguistic interaction and music (Caballero- Rodriguez, 2013, p. 93) . Each o f them influ enced archite ctural discours es in a different way. The knowledge of natural sciences influenced the anthropol ogic v iews of space and emphasized the functional and structural aspect o f constructions by motivating various metaph ors (e.g. skin, skeleton, bowels or circulation). Spatial mechanics pr ovided the co ncepts, which highlig hted the functional and mechanical properties of buildin gs (e.g. Le Corbusier ’ s views of hou ses as machines for living). Structural linguistics concei ve the work of architecture as an intellig ible and readable text, which constitutes of lexicon and gra mmatical rules. Other metaphors are imp orted fro m various activities and profe ssions such as cloth making (e.g. claddin g, jacketing, sheathing, sheeting , curtain wall) and music (r hythm). Further more, regard ing the visual co ncern s of architecture , entities with clear shape are recurrently used to refer to various elem ents o f build ing (Caballero- Rodriguez, 2013, p. 93). In the table 1, Caballer o brin gs some of the metaphorical jargon, which are frequently us ed, in architec tural texts (See Tabl e 1). In different periods, each context moti vated architect ural metaphors acc ording to the necessit y of that period. During the Renaissan ce, for example, metaphors came from rhetoric and music and helped archit ecture to be elev ated to status o f artes liberales. In contrast, in late 19th century , particularly in England, metaphors came from o ther artistic fields such as sculpture and painting and served archi tecture to resist against being a profession and losing its artistic value. In turn of 20th century, use o f biolog ical metaph ors em phasiz es that architec ture was converged toward science, which th e artistic aspects of desig n were excl uded (Gerber, 2013, p. 18) . At the begi nning of industrial revolution, m etaphors on urban discourses we re inspired by entrepreneurial spirit. In th is period, the city was conceived as maximu m dif ference betwee n elements, but great homogeneity in whole. In the first half of 1900, in a p erio d o f gr owing mechanizati on of the world, the cit y was compared to a ‘ banal machine. ’ This metaph or was motivated by the fundame ntal characteristic of mach ine, which always answers in a predictable way to certain inputs (Secchi, 2013, p. 1 26). Secchi, by exploring the literatures since 1 8th century until 2013 produced by architects and urbanists, illu strates the sources of physical me taphors in urban discourses and their fu nctions as below: Metaphor in archi tecture and urb anism 60 The city as a forest : o rder and diversity, order on the whole and diversity in the details, at the beginning of liberalism and the entrepreneurial spirit. The city as a human body and the related me taphors : a ‘ natural ’ way to give a role to different parts of society: f o rm, locati on and function. The city as a ba nal ma chine : the ‘ functional ’ city, the i m portance of performanc es. The city as a facto ry : the social g eography of the city reflecting the Taylor-Ford labor organization. The city as a pla yi ng fie ld : the actors ’ interpla y in buildin g and using the urb an space. The city a s an expanding network, as patch work or a labyrinth : a new idea of personal and collective fre edom in the expandin g global wo rld . The mobility network as a sponge or as a system of pipes : hierarch ically structured , looking fo r an order in the chaos o f the contemp orary metropolis. (Secchi, 2013, pp. 126 – 127) Sonja Hnilica in her research on different metaphors about city S t a d t m e t ap h e r n (2006) shows that, in co urse of history city ha s conceptualized as house, person, o rganis m, nature, machine, stage, history and art. Table 1: Frequently used metaphors in the field of architecture. In Caballero. pp. 93 - 94 Metap h or i ca l Fra mes CONCEPTUA L METAPHORS and Examples OR GANIC BUILDINGS A RE LIVING ORGA NISMS skin, membrane, skeleton, rib, haunch , hip, foot e r/ footing, blister, fatigu e, bleeding TEXTILES ARCHITECTU RAL PRACTICE IS CLOTH MAKING stitch, weave, thread BUILDINGS /CITIES ARE CLO TH city's/buildin g's fabric, tigh tly-knit ( spaces ) BUILDING ELE MENTS ARE P IECES OF CLOTH /CLOTHING claddin g, jacketing, sheat h (i ng), shee ting, curtain wall, apron, blan ket, s l eeve LANGUAGE ARCHITECTU RE IS LANGUA GE imagery, lexico n, vocabula ry, syntax, idio m BUILDINGS A RE TEXTS vernacular MACHINE BUILDINGS A RE MACHINES machine, mecha nisms, mec hanics MUSIC ARCHITECTU RAL PRACTICE IS MUSICAL PRAC TICE choreograph, orche strate BUILDINGS A RE MUSICAL P IECES rhythm SHAPES ( ge ometry ; alphab et) 3-D OB J ECTS I-beam, I-joist, j channel, V-truss roof valley, sadd l e, box, barge, butterfly/ sawtooth roof, ring beam, half- barrel/barr el/corbel/fan/g roin/net/spiral vault Metaphor in archi tecture and urb anism 61 As Caballer o (2013, pp. 96 – 98) describes, the two assumptions of archit ecture a s non-living and living entity motivated three pr ominent groups of inorganic, organic and motional sources . Metaphors from in organic sources are generally co ncerned with physical appearance in architectural discours es and carry visual information - the excepti on is the m etap hor BUILDINGS ARE MACHINES . They provi de terms to render how build ings or their elemen ts look like and these terms generall y come fro m our everyday life objects, g eom etric figures and even food ite ms. Metaphors with organic sources are m ainly focused on functions and behavior of buildings . However, they ar e us ed to express th e appe arance of bu ildings too. C omparing buil dings to huma n is one of the m ost known cases, as Caballero points out, “ The most conspicuous - and long standing - metaphor is BUILDINGS ARE PEOPLE whereby buildin gs are presented as sus ceptible to having moods and personalit y, pl aying social roles, o r having kinship rela tionships with the buildings in their surrounding s .” (Caba llero-Rodriguez, 2 013, p. 97) . Organic metaph ors are generally use d when buildin gs become the subject o f verbs which are usually attributed to human activities, e.g. speak, succeed, seek or aim, or human behavior, e.g. friendly, b rooding, ungainly, unassuming. Among them, th ose meta phors which deal with ext ernal appearan ce of buildin g generally draw upon animal and plant so urces and represent the conceptual metaphor BUILDINGS ARE LIVING ORGANISMS; these are expressed through the adjectives (e.g. strong, lithe, masculine, feminine) and focus on f orm rather t han function. Metaphors with visual info rmation, in deed, comprise a large amount of architect ural jarg ons. The y are used to describ e visual and aesthetic asp ects of architectural practice. A certain group o f visua l metaphors is motivated by motional sources. In this group, particular spatial layouts are seen as tending to ex press movements by using some motion al verbs (e.g. flying, rising , and emerging). In these metaphors, the per ception and understandin g of spatial arrangements and to pologies is based on the c oncept of m ov ing. 2.4 .4 Bene fits an d li mi ts o f u sin g me tap h ors in arch itec tur e an d u rb anis m M et aph or in t ho ugh t Architects benefit other discip lines ’ scholarshi p by importing their concepts. This allows them to organize their de sign ideas and talk ab o ut their d esign conc epts , as Cab allero describ es, “ In architecture metaphor s is knowledge: it is used fr om day one by architects , and informs all th e stages of building d esign. ” (Caballero-Rodrig uez, 2013, p. 90 ). M etaph ors serve architects as design trigger or pri mary generat or in the early stages of thinking a building , to translate their p reliminar y ideas into d rawings, motivate ar chitectural jargons, and fu nction as key device in post -constructio n phase in the evalua tio n and review discourse s (Caballero-Rodrigu ez, 2013, p. 9 1). Metaphors all ow architec ts to s tructure thei r thoug hts by c omparing th eir initiativ e ideas to something that is out of the realm of archi tecture. A comparison between two things, which ar e not equal. This c omparison, as Oswald M athias Un gers (1926-2007) says, is usually done by creatively connecting different objects and composing a new image combining the characteristics of both. Designers use m et aphors “ as an ins trument of thought serving clearness and v ibranc y by avoiding th e logical proces ses it opposes. ” (Ung ers, 1982, p. 10) . The use of m etaphor became as part o f the practice of architectural design, “ as long as they serv e as a focus f or conc ern, they will co ntinue to promote discussion and serve to structure design discourse. ” (Co yne, Sn odgrass, & M artin, 1994, p. 117). Zvi Hecke r, for example, describes one of his projects in Berlin ’s Heinz-Gal inski-Schule by means of m etaphorical language and ex plains ho w his project t ook shape: Metaphor in archi tecture and urb anism 62 The sch ool was design ed in a form of a flower, as a gift to the children of Berlin. The sunflower ’ s celestial construction see med mo st suitable fo r planning the school, since its seeds o rbit the sun and the sun rays illumina te all of the schoolrooms. [...] Bricks were brought and laid one over the other. Walls rose and the buildin g began to emerge. In time it became evident that the school, whilst under construction, was gradu ally transf orming into an intricate city. Streets and courtyards followed the paths of the orbits and the infinitesimal traces of the sun rays. The school ’ s exteri or mo ulded the city ’ s interior into a mirror of the u niverse, a place wh ere li ght and shadow inters ect. [... ] The buildin g was nearing completion when an uncertainty arose. By now the construction resembled neither a sunflower n or a city but a book whose open pages carry the load of the construction (Caballer o -Rodriguez, 20 13, p. 91). This example shows how an initial co ncept was structur ed based on an ob ject (sunflower), alth ough it has evo lved into new ones (intricate city and then boo k) (See Figure 6, Figu re 7, Figure 8 and Figure 9). Figure 6: Heinz-Galinski-Schule. The base sketch . Courtesy of Zvi Hecker . Retrieved from http://www.zvihecker.com/project s/heinz_ga linski_schule- 110 -1.html#18 Figure 7: Heinz-Galinski-Schule. The base sketch. Courtesy of Zvi Hecker. Retrieved from http://www.zvihecker.com/project s/heinz_ga linski_schule- 110 -1.html#19 Metaphor in archi tecture and urb anism 63 Figure 8:Heinz-Galinski-Schule. Plan . Courtesy of Zvi Hecker. Retrie ved from http://www.zvihecker.com/project s/heinz_ga linski_schule- 110 -1.html#21 Figure 9 : Heinz-Galinski-Schule. Aerial photo. Co urtesy of Zvi Hecker. Retrieved from http://www.zvihecker.com/project s/heinz_ga linski_schule- 110 -1.html Metaphor in archi tecture and urb anism 64 Metaphors are pervasive in the field of urbanis m as well . They have had a fundamental role in for the physical projects of the city and te rritor y (S ecchi, 2 013, p. 127). Secchi points o ut the importance of abstract metap hors in urban discourses. He calls them “ figures of the discourse, ” an d he intend s tho se terms, which we use in our discussions ab o ut ci ty, and says, “ These figures , buildin g a bridge between r eality and a more abstr act way to r ead and interpret i t, had an impor tant role for the physical pr oject o f the city and te rritor y. ” (Secchi, 2013, p. 127). He points out, for example, the notion o f “ contin uity, ” which o riented a large number o f scientific fields throughout modernity. The traces of this notion can be fo und in the discou rse about archi tecture, city, and social movements, as well as in literature, visual ar ts and in vernacular language . In urban histo ry, it suggested the way to observe, interpret and build the city. In the fo llowin g passage, Secch i describes h ow the notion of continuit y and its entail ments influ enced the m odern urban history: It embodies infinity in the 17 -th century, regular ity and transparency in the 18 - th, order and hierarch y in the 19-th when it finds its most co mplete and coherent representa tion in the linguistic unity o f urban space in Europe ’ s great capitals. Thr oughout its long histo ry, continuit y meets and refer s to other figures without contradicti on; it is enriched during mannerism, baroque, neo - classicism, romantici sm and eclecticism, needless to say, because continuity is simultaneously a figure of urban as well as social spac e. [...] co ntinuity does n ot pervade only the figurati ve aspects of urban space, nor should the concept be understood in a restricti ve way The culture of modernity from the Renaissanc e until the 19-th century is universalisti c because it is saturated by the figure of continuity. [...] To leave medieval property rights behind and enter into the modern bourg eois co ncept of o wnership meant accepting the land ’ s continues divisibility as well as the infinite mobility o f people and good in physical, economic and s ocial space. [...] between enlightenm ent and positivi st historicism, the figure of continuity firs t becomes the search for transparency and regularity, per meability and infinite circulati o n; and later for order and hierarchy, for strong for ms of rationalit y to which to refer. [...]I n this passage, regularity plays a crucial role. It was interpreted betw een the 17 -th and 18-th centuries as a guidin g principle for urban space ordered like a fabric and transparent like glass. At the turning point betw een the 18 -th and 19-th centuries, regularit y bec omes, [...] the systematic rationale for the architectural project and a condition for the construc tio n of is otropic and homogeneous space in which the magnit ude of modern industry unfolds. [...] Regularity also becomes a measure of nor mality and de viance (Secchi, 2013, pp. 1 27 – 128). M et aph or in d esign Metaphors hav e a notable effect o n the design process. Someti mes their effect is reflected explicitl y through the dialogue among designers or as the titles o f the concept. However, much more often they do n o t direc tly co me in to appearanc e and their e ffects are visible in architec tural instruments of design such as draf ts, mo dels, et c. which are usually applied quite specifically (Schurk, 2013, p. 2 30). Metaphors are used by architects to create particular unforeseen combinations and the y are part of the cr eative pr ocess of archi tectural design (Gerber, 2013, p. 18). In language, as it is discussed in the chapter 1 , metaphors function as cognitiv e device for conveyin g meaning. They connect context A to co ntext B, and by m eans of comparis on or interacti on between A and B a n ew meaning arises. The same process o ccurs in in archite ctural desig n, as Schur k describes: Metaphor in archi tecture and urb anism 65 Language and architectural design are very close. In an asto nishing convergenc e the metaphor performs what is also expect ed from the tools applied in the design process: combination, interacti on and multiple coding .[...] While their environmen t is dominated by lo gical processes, m eta phors generat e creative, unexpected options lending the design process impor tant and necessary intermediary momentu m (Schu rk, 2013, p. 230). Richard Coyne, Adrian Snodg rass and David Martin in their research entitled M e t a p h o r s i n t h e D e s i g n S t u d i o (1994, pp. 113 – 125) reveals the importance of knowledge of metaphor in projec t design, design report and design ju stification. Their re search objecti v e is to find out “ Wha t the study of metaph o r has to say about the de sign p rocess and desig n teaching . ” (Coyne et al., 1994 , p. 1 13). Through a series o f studies involving architectural design students, they found that, the study of metaphor itself presents a different perspecti ve on design t han that afforded by o bjecti vism (o r subjectivism). It also o ffers the basis for a critique of objectivism. The study of metaphor o pens up the possibility of exploring new un derstandings of design. They believe that, understan ding of metaphor in a design pro ject provides “ kinds of seeing ” and the action o f desig n functions as a “ generating action within a play of metaph ors. ” (Coyne et al., 1994, p. 114). The designer ’ s conceives the design as a particular thing during the development of the proje ct. These “ metaphoric projecti ons ” entail certain actions that aff ect the design situa tion and our underst anding. The effe ct of employing metaphors is evident even durin g geometri c manipulation. Throughou t o ur drawings, certain arrangement of signs appears such as triangles , squares, and or circles, which entail proble ms or actions. The pla y o f metaphor influenc es our conception of the various componen ts of who le pro cess of design. Within a design project, we conceive: The users as sp ectators, pla yers, actors The site as a constraint, ge nerato r, for ce The progra m as a problem statement, c onstraint, guid e The educati onal setting a s a game, adventur e, experiment, battle The drawing t echnologies as tools, m easures, extensi ons, embodi ments The design process itself may be co nceiv ed as a journey, a logical progression, a search, a problem, or a dialogue (Coyne e t al., 1994 , p. 115) The metaphors and their entailments employed in a project “ inject a sense of im portance into the design process, unmi stakably a power that impels design. ” (Coyne et al., 1994, p. 1 20). According to Coyne, Snodgrass and Martin , an important question m ay be asked by desig ners: “ Could it be that the metaphors throug h which we unders tand our current situation are le ading us in directi o ns that are proving unproductive ? ” (Coyne et al., 1 994, p. 120). They believe that, the discussion of metaphor my pla y two role s. On one han d, they may reduce the i m portanc e an d fundamentality of the problem by disabling the force of objecti vism. On the other hand, they encourage discovering the hidden aspec ts of a situ ation which w e may consider as obvious. An understanding of metaphor provide s insigh ts into the practi ce of design and set guidelin es for the projects. The use o f metaphor to define proble m regimes and to motivate an action leads to particular approach to design practice. The users o f m etaphors in design do not get involved in a situation with fixed, predefined problem statements. Rather, they try to investigate and engage in dialogue through with appropriate metaphors emerg e. Further more, the knowledge o f metaph or provides insights fo r design te achers in understan ding their own practices. Coyne, Snodgrass and Martin argue that: Me taph or in architectur e and urb anism 66 Metaphors pres ent them selves through the accumulati o n of experienc e, dialogue, and reflection (dialogue and reflection being particular fo rms of experience). Design teaching involves organizing situations that furn ish students with ex periences through which helpful metaphors emerge. Des ign education th erefore provid es an initiation into ways of working and thinking. In the terms presen ted in this article, the design studi o is an initia tion into the metaphor u se (discursive practices) of a c ommunit y - it is hoped, a set of conflicting and critical design communities. In this light, it is appropriate that the design studio is a foru m for diversity - not a vagu e academic plu ralism - but a setting in which there is a diverse range o f commitments through which the entailments o f met aph ors can be explored and challenged (Co yne et al., 1994, p. 122). The f ollowing s tatements sum marize the n ecessity o f knowledge of metaph o r found in their research: 1. There is a clos e relationship between design and metaphor that pr ovides insights into effective desig n education. 2. Metaph or o perates thro ugh privilege, dire cting concern and the identifi cation of difference. 3. Design involve s the g eneration o f action within a co llaborativ e envir o nment in which ther e is the free pla y of enabling metaphors. (Coyne et al., 199 4, p. 113) The m entioned research is not the only study about the importance of metaphors in our thoughts and actions. The theories o f metaphors discussed in c hapter 1 insist on the mutual effect be tween languag e and what w e think and wha t we act. These theorie s prove th e findings of Coy ne, Sn odgrass and Martin. Translating all of these into the context of comparin g city to human, we can deduce that, if the human an alogy p rovides the terms to carr y the c o ncepts, the kn o wledge of m e taphor p rovides the grammar and syntax of thi s metaph orical comparis on. A conceptual metaphor gives way to th e entire metaph orical entail ments. Without having suffi cient knowledge of met aphors and their features, it will be difficult to generate a meaningfu l and inspiring metaphor. Fu rthermore, it will be hard to compare two things — city to organism — in a scientific way. As a resul t, our metaphors will oscillate between imag inary metaphors and sci entific m etaphors. M et aph or in di scu ssio n Metaphors are so often used in r ev iewing architectural and urban istic works aim ed at two pri mary goals: describing and eva luating built construction s (Caballero-Rodrig uez, 2013, p. 9 9). The descriptive goal concerns the use of metaphors particularly in architectural r eviews bas ed on function or visual aspect o f the metaphors ’ source. The function referred by these metaphorically motivated ter ms is linked t o the function o f term in its origin al context (e.g. Buildin gs are m achin es), and the visual metaph ors reflect the differen t dimen sions and p erspectives in representing and describing the spac e (e.g., the school was designe d in a form o f a fl o wer.) These groups of metaphors are us ed in the descrip tio n of archite ctural wor ks and in the ca ptions of image s accompanying th e descrip tive text (Caballer o-Rodriguez, 2 013, pp. 99 – 100). As the second goal, metaphors are used as evaluative tool. This role is o fte n obvious in the architectural and urb anistic reviews. T o achieve that g oal, the review oft en starts with a metaph or that establishes a fra m e; thi s frame is further elabo rate d throughout the ensu ing text. Furtherm ore, metaphors allow reviewers to “ n egotiate ” their vie ws and assert their auth ority in the genre Metaphor in archi tecture and urb anism 67 (Caballero-Rodrig uez, 2 013, p. 100). The following example sh ows how Richard Goodwin, the Australian archit ect, employs the P arasite metaphor to entitle the co ncept of his project Uni on Hotel in Sydn ey (See Figure 10 ) and describ e his design . The below paragraph is the archit ect ’ s comment: This was a great opportunity t o further explore my theories relating to the parasite in architecture. [...]As a f orm, [ the roof] bites into the thirties structur e and clings to the ground inside the courtyard . Growing from this position, it surges towards the north; sp lintering the light with glass, shade cloth panels and zincalume-clad wings. These materials combine the flesh-like fragility o f cloth with the idea of exoskeleton in the shells and steel. [...] It is analogous to the growth of a large fig tree. Unlike m inimalis t modernis m, i t sh o ws the strug gle o f structure throug h space (Caball ero-Rodriguez, 2 013, pp. 100 – 101). The following paragraph is the reviewer ’ s comment: Goodwin calls his new work a ‘ parasite ’ . It ’ s actually a roof which has a strong narrative. [...] In this case, this ‘ parasite ’ is at work under the building, in the bowels of the stru cture, emergi ng to engage the very insides of the buildin g with the unsusp ecting passer-b y. [... ] The roof is an organic response to the need f or the entire building to mark the passing of time. It creat es a dynamic tension. [...] Richard Goodwin, metaphorically , has dumped the guts on the fo otpath. [...] this building is not what you see. It has beating, pumping services lying just below its skin. No longer can the neat and poised ext erior of the Union Hotel conceal the truth; the underbelly o f this building has been scratch ed and the parasite has emerged. A parasite that exposes the real goings o n of this plac e: of the stench of fifty years of beer and cigarett es, of the tales told, of the jokes had, of the human passing. Scratch belo w the surface and the spirit of this buildin g will disgorge (Caball ero-Rodriguez, 20 13, p. 101). Figure 10 : Union Hotel Parasite Roo f b y Richard Goodwin. In Caballero p. 101 As Caballero about this example describ es, the archite ct and the reviewe r use an organic metaphor, exploiting it in different ways. The title, Parasite, provides a v isually-biased initial by m eans of architect ’ s views on ‘ para sitic ’ . This view is reinforc ed b y the drawing that illustr ates a spider-lik e Metaphor in archi tecture and urb anism 68 structure on the top of the building . The re viewer ’ s comments, instead, provides b oth abstract and visual infor mation. Appare ntly, the reviewer fo llow s the ar chitect ’ s metaphor, then, he adds his own appreci atio n b y means o f an abstract metaph or, as he says, “ the roof ’ s having a strong narrative, ” or when he refers to th e long-standing time-place n otion in archi tectu re and says, “ Th e need f o r the entir e building to mark the pa ssing of time. ” As a r esult, the build ing is conceptualize d as a human-like organism that co-exists with the architect ’ s an imalis tic portrayal. Fu rthermore, the reviewer, by highli ghting the abstract qualities of the roof and building , focuses o n the textual explanation and leaves the imag es aside (Caballero-Rodrig uez, 2013, pp. 101 – 102). As we can deduce from this example, the interplay of metaphors in architectural revi ew allows “ creating the illusion o f o bjecti vity in an essentially subjective genr e aimed at an audienc e as knowledgeable as the reviewer s. ” (Caballero-Rodrigu ez, 2013, p. 102). Authors reduce the visua l aspect of metaphors by using l exical hedges ( ‘ a kind of, ’ ‘ a sort of ’ ‘ metaphorically ’ ), cautionary quotes ( ‘ parasite, ’ ‘ feminine ’ ) or by attribu ting the m to the architect by means of citation. Since th e genre ’ s audienc e are able to ‘ read ’ both the v isual and text in an archit ectural review and compar e the informati on provided in both o f them, visual metaphors should be ‘ downplayed ’ to avoid v isual confrontation. In co ntrast, the abstract metaphors (e.g., the roof ’ s having a strong narrative) see m to be more authoritative and less hedged and allow the audience ’ s agreement or disagree ment to be remained as a personal m atter (Caballero-R odriguez, 2013, p. 102 ). The described examples show how metaphor was beneficial for architects in the explan ation o f their ideas and projects. Thes e figurative tran sferred data through metapho rs are notab le, as Caballero says: [They] bring to lig ht a s hared and culturally specific ontology built up on metaphorical sets largely acquired and learnt to manage through so cializ ation and repeated use. Metaph or is, then, both a conceptu al and a so cialization tool, and one that is partly acquired and effectively put to work through discourse interaction (Caball ero -Rodr iguez, 2013, pp . 102 – 103). 2.5 Ch ap ter Co ncl usi on As it is discussed, in architecture and urbanism the discussion about metaphors has root s in the “ embarrass ment to talk in general about archit ecture in its ‘ own ’ terms. ” (Böh me, 2013, p. 48). Extensive us e of metaphorical expressions in archi tectural disc ourses shows the incapacity of speaking directly about architecture and explaining it particularities (Böhme, 2013, p. 56). Tw o factors, lack of clear bound ary and co mplexity in ar chitectural and urban dis co urses, hig hlights th e role of metaph ors. Ar chitecture and urbanism ha ve been o scillating be tween science and art, technology and artisan craft. They do not have exact and clear boundaries, and they o verlap with other disciplines. The extension and providing objects and words from other fields to architecture and urbanism m akes it el usive and hard to grasp . In other words, the pene tration of other disciplines causes bringing their vocabulary and in this moment, the metaphors appear (Gerber , 2013, p. 18). Despite extensive use of metaphors, François Roche believes that the value of metaphor has been reduced in the field of arch itecture and needs to be broug ht into practic e again, as he sa ys: If we voluntary avoid to jump and sink in this reducti onism approach, we could reintroduce this word as a potential of transportation, a s a potential of migration, yes a ‘ m igra tion between ’ , which never across the bridge and stays in disequilibriu m between two territories, as a perma nent palpitation between here and elsewh ere... ” (Roche, 201 3, p. 282). Metaphor in archi te cture a nd urbanism 69 Metaphors in different discip lines are helpful to study technical cultures. A commun icative devic e links different discipli nes an d rese arch fields, also in a technical way (Secchi, 2013, p. 132). For example, the relati on between human body and architectur e may be the most well-known example. Human b o dy have been e mployed as a ref erence f or proportional and figurati ve authority. As Jo and Choi (2 003) s tate, the anthro pologic tradi tio n of h uman body has been supported from Vitru vius, Alberti, Filarete, and Giorg io Martini and continued to the present. In Renaissance, for ex ample, the human body was projected onto the buildin g. Co nsequentl y, the buildin g became a physical body anal o gy with the same proporti on; in deed, the b uilding stand s the human bod y. All featur es of human bo dy such as its b alance, propor tions, sym metry and fun ctions together with its elegance and strength became the found a tion m yth of building (Jo & Choi, 2003, p. 13 7) . In a si milar appro ach, for Alb erti th e human body metaphor serves as o ne of his key strategies to “ elevate the craft of building to the sta tus o f a liberal art. ” (van Eck, 2013, p. 134). Reading the history of certain employed metaph ors allows us to understand how metaphors wer e beneficial in different peri ods, a s Secchi ab out the metaphors in urbanism desc ribes: “ Metaphor s [...] [build] an influent m etap hysic, unif ying and orienting analogicall y the way of thinking o f an entire historical period and establishing pertinent relationship between differe nt aspects o f the perception and interpretati on of reality. ” (Secchi , 2013, p. 131). In the study of benefits and limits of using metaphors in architecture and urbanism, we have seen that, metaphors are benefi cial “ when architec ture an d urbanism are seeking a language to speak of their very basis. ” (Ger ber, 2013, p . 18). The y a re emplo yed a t differ ent stages such as in structuring thought, design process and discussi on. Structuring thought, that is, to o rganize an architectural concept, is a critical point to figure the design by architects, as Adrian Fo rty po ints out, “ Much of the interest of [architecture ’ s] critical voc abulary goes into the choice of particular metaphors to structure though t and ex perience. ” (F orty, 2000, p. 43). The metaphor, which is employed in structuring thought, appears during the design process either explicit (e .g. the concept title) or implicit (e.g. in the drawings or models). In discussion (e.g. explanation, design justification , review or feedback), whether pre-construction or post-constructi on, m et aphors all ow to understand the fundamen tal theories which can be partially understo od by means o f language . They even play an importa nt role in acceptanc e or rej ection of a buildin g by pub lic (Jencks, 1977, p. 60) . It is useful to note that, in co urse of history someti mes architectur e and city gran t metaph ors to other fields of study. Rosa rio Caballero-Rodrig uez in he r F r o m D e s i g n G e n e r a t o r t o R h e t o r i c a l emphasize the r ole of arc hitecture in pr oviding metaphors for other discip lines, as she says, “ architecture has been systema tically used in understandin g and verbalizing noti ons and activities outside its realm. ” (Caballero-Rodriguez, 2 013, p. 90) . She brings the example of THEORIES ARE BUILDINGS and d escribes how a rchitectural t erms are used to render the conditi on of a theory: The abstract notion THEORY is construed as havin g building b locks, foundati o ns and framew orks [...], and is quali fied as strong, s olid or stand ing when suc cessful or as shaky an d falling apart when less so . Likewise, human cognition, language, relationships, feelings, and products of hu man creativity (e.g. music) are o ften discussed as ha ving an architecture - which, again, invol ves using building languag e when referring to their m ore specific ‘ compon ents ’ and trait s (Caballero-Rodrig uez, 2013 , p. 90). Accordingly, the relationsh ip between architectural terms and te rms from othe r fields of stud y is reciprocal. That is, one provides a tool for understandin g the other, as she says, “ architecture and buildin gs provide the i mmediate, tangible s o urce s in o ur u nderstand ing of m ore abstract Metaphor in archi tecture and urb anism 70 experiences and co ncepts or targets - as suggeste d by the languag e used to discuss them. ” (Caballero-Rodrig uez, 2013 , p. 90). Such an exchang e occurs also in the field of u rbanism. Gordana Fontana-Giusti in her W a l l i n g a n d T h e C i t y (2 011, pp. 3 09 – 345) refers to ‘ murus ’ that was employed in anatomy in the 16th century. Th e ter m ‘ paries ’ had originally me ant any wall both inner and outer of a house o r any building; while the term for the perimeter city wall had been ‘ murus. ’ In its primar y sense, the term murus den otes a military structur e: a perimeter wall buil t for defense. The ancient te rm ‘ paries ’ , from the sixtee nth century o nwards, acquired a new usage in an atomy to d enote the membranes of b odies, as may be seen in An dreas Ve salius ’ s (1514-1564 ) works. (See Figure 11 ) Therefore, regarding the spatiality o f ‘ paries ’ and ‘ muri, ’ we can conclud e that the military ‘ structur e ’ that was pre viously th e ‘ wall of the city ’ moved inwar ds to bec ome th e ‘ wall of the house, ’ whilst the ‘ walls o f a house ’ mov ed inwards to m ark the ‘ wall of the human body. ’ We can speculate about the effects of this spa tial setup that thus provided a metaphysic al delineation for a separate, ‘ walled, ’ a s it were, ‘ individ ual ’ identity. This c oncept becam e central in philosophical and theologic al debates through o ut the sixteenth centur y. The studies of this chapte r revealed s ome facts to th e author. First, the i mportance of t erminolog y in science, sp ecifically in the field of architecture and urbanism. Second, the reason, which stimulated the use of metaphors in these fields. Third, it made clear that, in architecture and urbanism d isciplines, ther e is no standard c lassifi cation of metaphors, while in language this classification is completel y cle ar. In o rder to speci fy the types o f metaph or subject to this dissertation, both groups of m etaphors – in language and in architecture and urbanism field – are summarized by the author in one illustration (S ee Figure 12 ). The illu stration, as is described below , shows how the auth or determined the proper criteri a for case studies. Regardin g the structure of the table, it starts with the type o f metaphor in language and science, which is dis cussed in chapter 1. While in architecture and urbanism, as we saw during this chapter, different authors hav e different suggestions. (e.g., metaphor as process, produ ct, i mage, etc.) To det ermine the appropriate classification of metaphors for this diss ertation, the objecti ve o f this research, th e source of metaph o r and the context o f discus sio n play impor tant role. The objective o f thi s dissertation is to find o ut how c omparing cit y to human may help us deal with urban issu es . Therefore, hu man and city are taken as two main ele ments of this metap horical comparis on. Whether city stands as the topic of m etaphor (the unknown part) and human as the vehicle (the known part) or vice versa, the elemen ts of this comparison remain unchanged and the context of discussion is always archit ecture of the city, i.e., the physical arrangement of the city. A mo ng the various cl assifications of metaphor in the archit ecture and urbanism field , th e “ metaphor a s process ” be st fits the o bjective of this dissertati o n. This does not mean that the other types of metaphor are complet ely excluded. In general, according to the models o f understandin g discussed in chapter 1, understandin g a metaphor is a process of imaginati on and logical consideration. When a metaphor is heard, the listener’s mind searches thr ough the stored in fo rmati onal categ ories in brain to find the best meanin g, which makes sense to the discussion. Even imagin ary metaphors (e.g. city is a wise human) or conc eptual metaphors (e.g. CITY IS AN ORGANISM) are subject to the process as such. Therefor e, “ metaphor as process ” is chosen for thi s disser tation becaus e it encompasses all type s of metaphors. This choic e is consistent with Lakoff and Joh nson ’s argument about the function of metaphor, where they say, “ [metaph or] unites reason and imaginati on. Reason, at the very least, involves categorizati on, entai lment, and inference. Imagi natio n, in o ne o f its many aspects, involves seeing one kind of thing in terms of another kind of thing. ” (Lakoff & Johnson, 19 80, p. 193). Most discussions of this chapter are ga there d from the vast literatur e abou t met aph ors in architecture and urbanism . What is novel in this chapter is the categorizati on of the f eatures o f metaphors in architectural and urban discourses formulated by the author. As it is introduced at Metaphor in archi tecture and urb anism 71 the start of this chapter, this way of categorizati on is decided based on two criteria: nature of metaphors and na ture of architecture an d urbanism. Figure 11 : Vesalius’s book De humani corporis fabrica, 1543 (On the Fabric of the Human Bo dy), uses the term paries, or parietes, for body membranes; no te the city in the backgr ound of this i mage. In Fontana -Giusti, p. 331 Regarding the nature of metaph ors, most literatures divided the eff ect o f met aph ors in two groups of ‘ thoug ht ’ an d ‘ ac tio n. ’ Although these t erms are not always ex pressed ex plicitly, they are employed in practice. In this dissertation, instead, these ter ms are used explicitly according to the theories of metaphor. The categ o rization o f f eature of metaphors bas ed on the nature o f ar chitecture and urbanis m – structuring thought, des ign phase and discus sion – is for mulated by Metaphor in archi tectu re a nd urbanism 72 the author according to the scattered litterateur o n architecture and urbanism. This approach is consistent with the theories of metaphor discussed in chapter 1 a nd the application of metaphors discussed in this chapter. Up to this po in t a general knowledge about m etaphors, their feature s and their application in architecture and urban ism were discussed. This provides a the oretical basis for better understandin g of the theori es and projects that benefit ed metaphors. With this theoretical supp o rt, the ne xt par t discuss es the application of human metaph ors in urbanis m in a chronological way. B y ‘ recognizing ’ the features of metaphor discussed in this part the reader c an see how they allowed the theorists t o ‘ structure t heir thoughts, ’ ‘ desig ns ’ and ‘ discu ssions. ’ Type of metapho r in language an d science Compar ison model Interaction model Metaph or in science (A definition that includes both models) Type of Metaph or in architecture and urbanism Image Process Produc t Physical Concep tual Sign Context of discussio n Architectu re of the city Source of Metaph or Inorganic Organic Figure 12 : Criteria for case study selection. By the author U ni t 2 . C ity a n d or ga ni c is m : t h e o r ie s a n d p r a ct ice s Chapter Three 3 Bac kg ro un d o f co m par ing city to h um an 3.1 Ch ap ter Int rod uctio n Reading the history shows that, since Ancien t Greek up to co nte mporary time, comparing city to human has motivated philosophers, architects and urb an designers to establish their theories and justify their proj ects. The id eology of “ human li ke city ” in the Ancient Gre ek, “ society a s organism ” in the Mid dle Ages and “ city as o rganis m ” sin ce Renaissan ce a tt racted numerous t hinkers. All thes e ideologies resort to human as a natural pattern and comparative model. The co ntribution of this comparison to the devel opment of urban theories and practices should be u nderstood in the growing attenti on to the knowledge about human, especially the life science. To see the mutual reflection of knowledg e ab out hu man and city o n each other, it is useful first t o study the historica l background of comparin g city to human to have an overall view o f the related id eas. This chapter, by illustrating a timeline, aims to provide an insight to have a better coordination o f philosophers, architects and urbanists, who compared city to human , within their historical context. A timeline that starts fr om Ancient Gr ee k up to the 21st century. 3.2 An cien t Gre e ce : hu man lik e ci ty The early documented traces of comparing city to human backs to ancient Greek. Heraclitus (535 - 475 BCE), for example, benefits this analogy to emphasiz e the importance of self-strengthens, as he says, “ We m ust fortify ourselves in the common sense of all, as a city is fortified by its law . ” (Graham, 2015). The Ancient Greeks were more famili ar with the knowledge of city and its structur e than the human body (Secchi, 2013, p. 125). Therefore, by comparing city to human body, they tried to illustr ate the body as a city made of various parts, which sometime s conflict with each other, what was considered as illness. These kind of metaphors are also used in their medical textbooks: The human body, in the bo oks of ancient Greek medic ine, is where many fluids flow, mixing, conflicting and reciprocally reacting; it is a battlefield where different ele ments are strug gling fo r power. The health of both the body and the city is assure by an absence o f internal conflicts. The b ody is where the stability of the equilibriu m is represented, but it is also where the dynamics of the processes - similar to those taking place inside the polis - eventually aim at reaching equilibrium through a cap acity to manage conflict by the d o ctor- urbanist (Secchi, 2013, p. 125). In ancient peri ods, when the human bo dy was difficu lt to understand, it was the body, which was like the city (S ecchi, 2 013, p . 125) . In other words , the human body sto od as the unknown part and city as the kno wn part of th is comparison. Background of comparing c ity to human 75 3.3 Mi ddle Age s: so cie ty a s org ani sm In Middle Ages, as Ott o von Gierke in his P o l i t i c a l T h e o r i e s o f t h e M i d d l e A g e (1913, pp. 20 – 30) illustrates, the soci ety was consid ered as organism. In medieval thought, the un ity of humankind in Church and Empire was considered as the “ vaulted dome of an o rganically artic ulated structure of human society. ” (Gierke, 1913, pp. 20 – 21) . In the theory o f partial groups, in Church and Empire, the Total Body is defined as a syst em of Partial Bodies. Although each of them is considered as a whole, but requires necessari ly to be connected to a larger whole. Between the highest level of aggregation (Universalit y or All-Communit y) and the individual man, there is a series of intermediatin g parts, which are comprised of smaller units. During M iddle Ages theorists tried to establish a definite sche me to describe the articula tio n o f t hese series. For this purpose, the graduate hierarchy o f the C hurch served as the referen tial model. Various scheme s were suggest ed, but it is common to see five organic groups above the individu al and the family : village , city, province, nati on or kingdom and e mpire. The medieval thought star ted from the idea of a single whole , which was bas ed on the o rganic construction o f hu man soc iety. This idea was influenced by biblical allegories and the ideological models propos ed by Greek and Roman writers. In this circumstance, comparing society at large and smaller group to an animated body was an accepted and prevailing ideology. Although the early anthropologic concepts di d not rise be yond the pic torial pr esentment . Acc ordin g to the earl y thoughts, the Universal Church, the Universal Empire, ever y Church and State, and every permanent group of huma ns are co mpared to natural body. I t is tho ught o f an d spoken of as a Mystical Bo dy. John of Salisbury was the first p erson who tried t o fin d some m ember of the n atural body, which c orrespond to the member of the State. H e deduced that: The propositi ons indisputa ble in thems elves that a well o rdered Constitution consists in the proper apporti onment of functions to members and in the apt condition, strength and compositi on of each and ev ery m ember ; that all members must in their fun ctions supplement and supp ort each other, never losing sight o f the weal of the others, and feeling pain in the harm that is do ne to another; - that the true unitas of the Body of the State rests on the just cohaerentia of the members among themselves and with their head (Gier ke, 1913, p. 25). Writers like Tho mas Aquinas (1 225-1274), Al v ariu s Pelag ius (1 280-1352) and m any others established other variation s, which were based on traditional structur e and unity of the Church. Ptolomaeus of L ucca (12 36 - 1327) compared the harmony of the State to the har mony of the Body Natural. He beli eved that the life of the Stat e depend s on the harm ony anal ogous to tha t harmon y of o rganic forces in the Body Natural. He b elieves that, in both cases, “ it is Reason, which, bein g the ruler of all inf erior forces, brings them into correla tion and perfects their unity. ” (Gierke, 1913, p. 25) . Aegidius Colonna ( 1243-1316) by employing the pic ture of Body Natural points out that, “ For as we see that the body o f an animal co nsists of connected and c oo rdina ted members, so every real m and every gr oup (congrega tio ) consists of divers pers ons conne cted and coordinated f or some one end. ” (Gierke, 1913, p. 25) . Accordingly, he distinguish es the ‘ commutative justic e ’ which r egulates the m embers of the body, from the ‘ distributive justice ’ , which pr oceeding outwar d from some one point, like the heart in the body, distributes vital force and movement to the members. Marsilius of P adua (1275-134 2) compared the well-ordered State to the animated body in which the State is shaped by Rea son, whil e organis ms are sh aped by Na ture. He argu es, “ Only in the cas e Background of comparing c ity to human 76 of the animal th e constitutive princip le is mere natural fo rce, while in th e case of the State it is t he force of hu man reason, and therefore the life of the organism is governed in the one case b y the Law of Nature and in th e other by the Law o f Reason. ” (Gierke, 1913, p. 26). However, in both instances, the proportiona l adjustments of parts is ordered int o a whole, in a way that they communicate the r esult of th eir operations to each oth er and to the whole. Therefore, he conclud es that: When the union is at its be st, when it is optim a di spositio, the co nsequence in the Body Natural is health, and in the State it is tranqu illitas. And, as in a healthy body every part is perfec tly fulfilling its own prop er functions [...], s o the tranquillitas of the State re sults in the perfect perf ormance of all functi ons by those par ts of the S tate to which, in accordance with Reas on and constituti onal allotment, such functions a re respectively appropriate (Gierk e, 1913, p. 2 6). William of Ockha m (1285-134 7) treat ed the St ate as a n organism in his own way. H e deduced that, as in o rganis m, in case of neces sity, one organ provides the place for another, so the State may in some situations exercise ec clesiastical and the Chu rch temporal fun ctions. A mode of though t that was followed by many writers such as Dante, John of Paris, Gerson, d ’ Ailly, Peter of Andlau and other writers of the fourte enth and fifteenth c enturie s. In the 1 5th centur y, Nichol as of Cusa (N icholas Cusanus) ( 1401 -14 64) developed the anthropologic approach to analyze the political forms and did the most elab orate comparison by using all the medical knowledge o f his time. In his D e C o n c o r d a n t i a C a t h o l i c a (1434), he discusses about the relationship of secular and religious auth ority within the state. He compares the priesthood to the soul, where the ecclesia stical hierarchy corresp onds to the members of the body. I n his comparison , the pope is c onsidered as t he head and the rural clergy as the feet. In a same way, he c ompares the governments of th e state to the b ody ’ s tissues like fle sh and bones in which the emperor stand s a s the corporal head (Lowic, 1 983, pp. 362 – 363 ). 3.4 Re nai ssa nce: city as org anis m During Renaissance, the comparison of city and human has had a direct ional chan ge, that is, the city beca me like hu m an. The ad vancement of natural s ciences and i m provem ent of the knowledg e about human body in one h and, and d evelopment of cities in the other, had m otivated this change. Consequently, human body has stood as the known part and city as the unknown part o f this comparison. This change became popular among arch itec ts and urban designers, in an extent that “ this metaphor probably b ecame th e most pervasiv e and powe rful m etaphor in any discourse o n the city. ” (Secchi, 2013, p. 125). In the 17th century, the discovery of the blood circulation syste m in body played an impor tant role in comparing city to hum an bod y. Prior t o that ti me, most physicians considered the lu ngs as the responsible of blood circulation through out the body and the heart, primarily, as the heat producer . In 1628, William Harvey (1578-1657) in his A n a t o m i c a l S t u d i e s o n t h e M o t i o n o f t h e H e a r t a n d B l o o d changed this principle. In his book, he focused on the mechanics of blood flow in the bo dy. In Chap ter 14, he sum marizes his fin dings as foll ow: It has been shown by reason and experiment that blood by the beat of the ventricles flows thr o ugh the lungs and heart and is pumped to the whole body. There it passes through pores in the flesh into the veins through which it returns from the periph ery everywhere to the centre, fro m the smaller veins into the larger ones, finally coming to the vena cava an d right atrium. This occurs in such an amount, with such an outflow through the arteries and such a reflux thro ugh the veins, that it cannot be supplied by the food consumed. It is also much m ore Background of comparing c ity to human 77 than is needed for nutritio n. It must therefore b e conclud ed that the blood in the animal body moves around in a circle continu ously and that the action or function of the heart is to accomplish this by pumpin g. This is only reason for the motion and be at of the heart (Harvey, 1928, p. 103). This finding had an undeniable influence o n the design of city . Designers of 17th, 18th and 19th century conceived city as arteries and veins of movement (Sennett, 1994, p. 324) . In 18th century, for example, in Paris and London, urbanists had created parks as lungs of the city. Richard Sennett in his F l e s h a n d S t o n e (1 994) cit es Bruno Fortier ’ s statement about this anal o gy: “ the pe ople flowing through the city ’ s street-arteri es were meant to circula te round these enclosed parks, breathing their fresh air just as the bl ood is refreshe d by the lungs. ” (Sennett, 1994, p. 3 25). The urbanists in the 18th centu ry were influenced by their co nte mporary medical finding s, wh ich is reflected in their ideas (Sennett, 1994, p. 325). The urban projects like Regent Street and Regent ’ s Park in earl y 19th c entury in London, designed by architect John Nash, were based o n these principles. Therefore, the bo dy became a model of urban design in modernism and “ moder n society and especially the m odern city [was c onceived] as a conglomerate of arteries and veins, through which pe ople stream lik e corpuscle s! ” (Feireiss, 2015). 3.5 Fro m 17 50 to the 20th ce nt ury About the year 1750, the new finding s in science of life allowed scientists to expand the circle of organisms fro m animals an d human embracing the ve getation as well (C ollins, 1965, p. 149). Pet er Collins in his C h a n g i n g I de a l s i n M o d e r n A r c h i t e c t u r e 1 7 5 0 -1 95 0 (1965, pp. 149 – 158) depic ts thi s point in time that influenc ed modern archit ect ural do ctrines. In that perio d, t wo re markable scientific b ooks were published. One was H i s t o i re N a t u r e l l e (1 749) by French scientist George s-Louis Leclerc De Buffon (17 07-1788), a vast encyclop edic c ollection, which attempt ed to incorporate all bi ological phenom ena into a general inte rpretation of the laws governing the universe. The other was S p e c i e s P l a n t a r u m (1753) by Swedish scien tist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778), in which the entire domain o f v egetables was classified binomially based on the female reproductive organs, or ‘ s tyles. ’ The Buffon ’ s study provided the fir st corr ect differentiati on between the parts that distingu ishes vegetation and animals, whereby an animal can be considered a vegetable organism havin g the ability to move from place to place. Theref o re, “‘ organic life ’ has come to mean, fo r architectura l theo rists at least, the sum o f the functions o f the ‘ vegetati ve ’ class; for all living organisms, whether plants or an imals, possess them to a more or l ess marked degre e. ” (Collins, 1965, p. 149). The person who first ga ve classical expression to the meaning of ‘ organic ’ was the French scientis t Marie François Xavier Bichat (1771 -1802 ) in his P h y s i o l o g i c a l R e s e a r c h e s o n L i f e a n d D e a t h (1800). Until then it was normal in the biologi cal analogy to refer to animals rather than plants. In the early years of the 1 800, ‘ organic ’ came to be considered less as a quality of ‘ life which moves ’ than of life roote d to a parti cular spot. The symm etry of anim al skeletons gave their place to the asymmetr y of plants and v iscera, which were accepted as characteristic of o rgani c structure, whereby biology could still be taken as a m odel to support architectural ideas. In the 19th century, the word ‘ biolog y ’ or science of life was i ntroduced b y French scie ntist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744-182 9) in about 1800 ; in that period the term ‘ morpholog y ’ , or science of form, was invented by German sci entist and p oet Johann Wolfga ng vo n Goethe (17 49 -1832) . All these findings provided a the oretical basi s, which influenc ed future scientists. 3.6 Sin ce the 20t h ce ntu ry Since the 2 0th centur y , the ad vancement of kn o wledge in biology has suppl ied fundamental concepts and ter ms to urban d iscourses and the use of biolo gical metaphors has become prevalent Background of comparing c ity to human 78 among architects and planners. Most of theories of urbanism in that time were influ enced b y writings and findings o f Patrick Geddes, who was inspired by Darwin ’ s theory of evolution (Batty & Marshall, 2009, p. 551). Geddes in his C i t i e s i n E vo l u t i o n (1915) develops the idea of city as organism based on his biolog ic knowledge and Darwin ’ s finding s. He compares the theo ry of human evolution with the evolution of city, which has “ origin, ” “ life process ” and “ future ” (Gedd es, 1915, pp. 2 – 4) . In order to do that, he transfers his knowle dge of biology to to wn planning . For Geddes, such Darwinian insights were equally applicable to the city and to the pr otozoa (Welter, 2002, pp. xvii – xviii). The id eas of Geddes provided th e foundation f or a response to urb an growth, which was followed by m any theoretician s like Lewis Mumfor d (1895 -1990), Robert Ezra Park (1864-1944) and many other planners, especially during the 1940s, ‘ 50s, and ‘ 60s (Welter, 2002, p. 252). In a statement typical of this approach, Jose Luis Sert, a ke y spokesm en of Congré s Internationaux d ’ Architecture Moderne (CIAM) in 1942, considers cities as organisms and says: “ Cities [are] living organisms; [they] born and […] de velop, disintegrat e and die […] In its a cademic and traditional sense, city planning has become obsolete. In its pla ce must be substituted urba n biology. ” (Batty & Ma rshall, 2009, p. 551). In the last decad es, the bi ological analogy had a startl ing revival based on economi cal concepts: The urban lot or dwelling-place, in this model, func tions as the cell; things like the port, the banking district, the industrial plant and the suburb are organs o r specialized tissues; and capital, whether in monetary form o r in built form, is the energy tha t flows throu gh urban systems (Kostof, 1991, pp. 52 – 5 3). 3.7 Ch ap ter Co ncl usi on As it is discussed in this chapter, compari ng city to human has always had a direct relation to the knowledge o f the human. The good knowledg e o f Ancient Greeks about the city provided a basis to describe their thought about human soul. Their compari son, in contrast to all other further comparisons, take city as the vehicle and human as the to pic. This shows the bi-directionality of comparing city to human. In the Middle Ages this ana logy remains at the spiritual level justif ying the ecclesiastical and the go vernmental hierar chy in the so ciety. By advancement of natural sciences in Renaissan ce, the position of topic and vehi cle has changed. That is, hu man became the source of kn owledge to describe the complex and unknown phenomena in the city. The comparisons occurred in this period were based on animal or human bo dy organs and fu nctions. The inclusion of vegetation in the circle of o rganisms, in the middle of 1700, play ed an i mportant role to devel opment of c omparing city to human. It provided a basi s f or fut ure sci entists and thinkers. By rise o f m oder n biology, since 20th century , the simple human analogy passed to the biological analogy, whereby the complex biologic al concepts came to justify and describe urban phenomena. Bernardo Se cchi sees the root of this comparison in t wo issues. First, th e tangibi lity of hu m an bod y in everyday life. Secondly, the possibility o f conceptu alizing city as human b ody as being made of smaller parts in which each parts has a certain form, fun ction and place (Secchi, 2013, p. 125). The issue of tangibility, which is reflected by extension o f man to the objects, is a matter that is also demonstrated by Gia mbattista Vico in the 18 th century. Vico states: “ in all languages the greate r part of th e expressi o ns r elating to inanimate thing s are formed by metaphor from the hu m an b o dy and its parts and from the human senses and passion s. ” (Vico, 1948, p. 116). The notion of parts and whole is als o compatib le with the theor y of meta phor, as Lak off and Johnson say: We ex perience ourselves as having parts (arms, legs, et c.) that we can co ntrol independently. 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