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Umberto Eco

“No algorithm exists for the metaphor, nor can a metaphor be produced by means of a computer’s precise instructions, no matter what the volume of organized information to be fed in. The success of a metaphor is a function of the sociocultural format of the interpreting subjects; encyclopedia. In this perspective, metaphors are produced solely on the basis of a rich cultural framework, on the basis, that is, of a universe of content that is already organized into networks of interpretation, which decide semiotically) the identities and differences of properties.”

Umberto Eco, Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language
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Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language (Advances in Semiotics) Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language by Umberto Eco
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