Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Philosophy and theology, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
10.48308/kj.2025.241087.1345
Abstract
In this paper we aim to broaden the scope and significance of Ricoeur’s theory of metaphor to an ontological level. He has innovatively mentioned this possibility but has not so much proceeded to it. This potentiality has been considered by some thinkers in various ways. In this essay, we will discuss it in relation to the ontological structure of the "self" or Da-Zein in Ricoeur and Heidegger. By focusing on the concept and structure of the self, in both philosophers, we would graft the semantic approach of Ricoeur onto the ontological view point of Heidegger. We will show that how the "self", from the aspect of its ontological structure, could have a metaphorical nature. To do so, we argue that the concepts of (1) understanding and (2) time, as the ontological structure of the self in both philosophers, have metaphoric feature. The result of this enquiry would offer an ontological basis for creating metaphors and at the same time would show the innovative and interpretive structure of the self. It, also, enables us to relate ontology to epistemology from a new standpoint.
Barakati, S. A. (2025). The Self and Metaphoric Identity: An Ontological Development of Ricoeur's Theory of Metaphor in Relation to Heidegger's thought. Shenakht, (), -. doi: 10.48308/kj.2025.241087.1345
MLA
Barakati, S. A. . "The Self and Metaphoric Identity: An Ontological Development of Ricoeur's Theory of Metaphor in Relation to Heidegger's thought", Shenakht, , , 2025, -. doi: 10.48308/kj.2025.241087.1345
HARVARD
Barakati, S. A. (2025). 'The Self and Metaphoric Identity: An Ontological Development of Ricoeur's Theory of Metaphor in Relation to Heidegger's thought', Shenakht, (), pp. -. doi: 10.48308/kj.2025.241087.1345
CHICAGO
S. A. Barakati, "The Self and Metaphoric Identity: An Ontological Development of Ricoeur's Theory of Metaphor in Relation to Heidegger's thought," Shenakht, (2025): -, doi: 10.48308/kj.2025.241087.1345
VANCOUVER
Barakati, S. A. The Self and Metaphoric Identity: An Ontological Development of Ricoeur's Theory of Metaphor in Relation to Heidegger's thought. Shenakht, 2025; (): -. doi: 10.48308/kj.2025.241087.1345
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