🎙️ Welcome back to another deep dive into rhetoric and philosophy! 🎙️

I’m Dr. Bobby, “The Best Assistant Professor Who Never Was”, and today we’re continuing our journey through I.A. Richards’ Philosophy of Rhetoric, focusing on Some Criteria of Words and Metaphor—how language shifts, how we perceive meaning, and why metaphor is central to thought itself.

📌 What We Cover Today: ✔️ Language Shifts & Recursion – Why changes in meaning follow recognizable patterns ✔️ The Myth of Natural Talent – Learning and skill development aren’t just for the “gifted” ✔️ Metaphor as a Fundamental Principle – Not an exception, but the rule of language ✔️ Tenor & Vehicle – How Richards explains metap ...