Paper
1978
What Metaphors Mean
Donald Davidson
Argues a metaphor has no special metaphorical meaning at all beyond its plain, usually false, literal meaning, and that what a metaphor does is provoke a way of seeing rather than assert some paraphraseable further content.
No free copy is linked yet — expect to buy or borrow this one elsewhere.
Read these first
Not a difficulty warning — a route. These are in the library too.
Filed under Philosophy of Language in Philosophy.