Displacement of Concepts (International Behavioural and Social Sciences, Classics from the Tavistock Press, 94)

**Tavistock Press** was established as a co-operative venture between the **Tavistock Institute** and **Routledge & Kegan Paul** (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print, or are difficult to locate. Published by **Routledge,** 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name __The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press__. Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1963 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection. Cover Title Copyright Original Title Original Copyright Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION PART ONE. THE RADICAL FUNCTION I ASKING THE QUESTION: A REVIEW OF SOME THEORIES OF THE FORMATION OF NEW CONCEPTS New Concepts Theories of New Concept Formation Theories of mystery Theories of reduction The Gestalt view Theories of scientific method II STARTING FROM SCRATCH: TREATING THE NEW IN TERMS OF THE OLD Comparison Error Concept-instance The Extension and Displacement of Concepts III ANALOGY AND METAPHOR Metaphor Analogy Analogy and Metaphor in this Book History of Attitudes towards Metaphor and Analogy The Role of Metaphor in Language IV A CLOSE LOOK AT THE DISPLACEMENT OF CONCEPTS Introduction A Schema for the Displacement of Concepts The Symbolic Relation The Selection of Concepts for Displacement New Ideas from the Displacement of Concepts Projection A logic of discovery Emotional bases of processes of discovery Scope of the Displacement of Concepts PART TWO. THE CONSERVATIVE FUNCTION V THE CONSERVATIVE FUNCTION OF THE DISPLACEMENT OF CONCEPTS Introduction Theories of Deciding: the Scale; the Use of Tools; Group Processes Theories of the Mind: Mechanism and Dynamism; Atomism A Theory of Understanding: Vision A Theory of Romantic Love CONCLUSIONS VI THE LIFE OF METAPHORS IN THEORY: A SPECULATIVE CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX Reproduced here in facsimile, this volume was originally published in 1972 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes, or as a complete collection.