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In Hans Blumenberg's philosophy, metaphor plays a special role and consists in adding logic to metaphor that in turn giving rise to the logic of metaphor. In this philosophy, the logic of metaphor emerges from the history of concepts,, traces the path of concept formation, and ultimately transforms into a fundamental mode of approaching reality. This fundamental mode of approach is the outcome of the logic of metaphor, which,, distinguishes itself from other philosophical approaches, such as phenomenology and hermeneutics. The question is: which critique of the history of concepts makes this logic of metaphor possible?
The critique of the conception of the history of concepts regarding history makes this possible. Here a radical conception of history emerges, according to which history cannot be brought into the present because it is absolutely impassable. This conception of history results from the fact that, instead of following history as a longitudinal section in the history of concepts, we can also consider it as a cross-sectional cut. This cross-sectional cut enables us to discern, in every taking of a stance toward the world, which negation that stance has incorporated within itself. Blumenberg calls such work typology and, through it, measures the power of the logic of metaphor as an approach.
Ultimately, the logic of metaphor establishes itself as an approach, with regard to language, in a formulated and distinctive manner that attends to the excess of language over meaning. This understanding is rooted in the rhetorical knowledge's comprehension of language.
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