@article {445650,
	title = {Whewell{\textquoteright}s metaphorical usage of light and the ultimate reality underlying it},
	journal = {Semiotica},
	volume = {172},
	number = {1-4},
	year = {2008},
	month = {November},
	pages = {269{\textendash}278},
	abstract = {<p>In this article, I seek to study Whewell as writer of philosophical doctrines by focusing on his frequent usage of the metaphor of light, which symbolized (human) knowledge. It is my primary claim that Whewell choose to visually illustrate his doctrine of Fundamental Ideas, which are the bearers of ultimate reality and meaning in Whewell{\textquoteright}s epistemology, by means some key metaphors that made reference to light.</p>},
	issn = {0037-1998},
	doi = {10.1515/SEMI.2008.098},
	author = {Ducheyne, Steffen}
}
