Reprint: W. Wrzosek, Losy źródła historycznego (refleksje na marginesie idei R.G. Collingwooda), [w]: Świat historii, red. W. Wrzosek, Poznań 1998, s. 411-417.
In the paper I try to demonstrate that interactive concept of metaphor, in particular, that proposed by Ricoeur – contrary to what Wrzosek preaches – has a very limited use in the study of thought processes leading to the formulation of the metaphors used by the science.