Elek Lane

PhD Candidate, Department of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, US

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Elek Lane is a PhD candidate in the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley.

Written by Elek Lane

Painting with surreal figures including a fish-headed person and abstract human forms with a dark sky.
COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE

Let me open a treasure chest to explain how metaphor works

Once maligned by philosophers, metaphors are a key communication tool for extending the power of literal speech

by Elek Lane