隐喻研究进入心理学的途径

Approaches to Psychology from Research of Metaphor

心理学与隐喻两者之间关系密切。隐喻研究进入心理学的途径至少有以下两种方式:(1)横向和纵向考察心理学的隐喻。每一种心理学形态都有其根本的隐喻。在不同的隐喻基础上,不同的心理学理论形态才得以建立并相互区别。此外,可以对于不同层面和水平的心理现象进行隐喻式的考察。(2)对于隐喻的心理基础的考察。隐喻一方面成为反思心理学研究本身的手段,具有方法论意义;另一方面也成为心理学研究的直接对象,作为研究客体而存在。隐喻作为一种思维的方式或过程,本身有其独特的心理基础。隐喻的心理发生以及隐喻理解的过程,都是对隐喻过程进行心理考察的内容。

Psychology and metaphor are related with each other tightly. There are at least two ways by which metaphor enter psychology： （1） Horizontal and longitudinal research on psychological metaphors. Every psychology has its own root metaphor. It is just on the metaphoric base that different psychological theories develop and differ from each other. （2） Research on psychological base of metaphor. Metaphors serve as the methods by which psychological research can introspect itself. At the same time, metaphor itself becomes a direct object of psychological research. What＇s more, as a form or process of thought, metaphor has its own unique psychological base. And the content of research of metaphoric process includes the psychological development and the understanding process of the metaphor.