Thinking about Thinking: Metaphor


	Thinking about Thinking: Metaphor

abailart

11-12-2007 5:32 PM

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metaphor, rationality, consciousness, language

abailart says:

Metaphor is a conceptual fixed star over the flux of thinking. Article introduces the foundations and will get you thinking and maybe going about your day spotting and collecting metaphors all over the place. Hey, how many metaphors in this blurb?

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11-13-2007 1:55 PM

Antara

Funny, I just listened to a Podcast on Point of Inquiry --it was Steven Pinker on Metaphor. Great stuff!

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