Hypertext is Xanadu : an Interplay of Organic and Mechanical Metaphors in Scientific Conceptualization

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Hypertext is Xanadu : an Interplay of Organic and Mechanical Metaphors in Scientific Conceptualization
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Defined as a nonlinear text with links containing references to other pieces of information, hypertext presents an extension of the concept of text. We presuppose that hypertext is conceptualised metaphorically. We want to show the relations between thisconceptualisation and the implementation of hypertext into our culture. We shall provide a Blumenbergian analysis of this scientific conceptualisation. Our aim is to interpret it as a pragmatically determined dialectical interplay of organic and mechanical ?absolute metaphors? (metaphors that cannot be fully paraphrased in a literal language). Blumenberg's theory (which is in our view a forerunner of cognitive linguistics) gives a historical dimension to our inquiry. Max Black's interaction theory provides us with a rigorous logical analysis of absolute metaphors and their associative complexes. We shall focus on the Ted Nelson absolute metaphor ?hypertext is Xanadu?. Nelson expanded a metaphor of Vannevar Bush.
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2015
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