Stern's chapter considers whether and how a semantic theory can account for the meanings of metaphors ("Metaphor, Semantics, and Context"). Stern responds to two skeptical challenges to a semantic theory of metaphor regarding the difference between what words literally mean and can be used to say and the context-dependence of metaphorical meaning. He advances a semantic theory that elaborates how metaphor depends on the literal meaning and how context has different roles in the communication of metaphorical meaning. More generally, Stern offers a philosophical account of how the semantic structures of metaphor help us understand its cognitive significance beyond its propositional content in context. (Raymond Gibbs)