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As the author mentions at the bottom of the article, the title is a reference to the book "Metaphors We Live By" [0], which essentially lays out the idea that a
by DonaldPShimoda 7y ago
As the author mentions at the bottom of the article, the title is a reference to the book "Metaphors We Live By" [0], which essentially lays out the idea that a very significant portion of modern language is really just metaphors, even when we don't realize it. Super interesting book, for anybody interested in those kinds of things!
[0] https://www.amazon.com/Metaphors-We-Live-George-Lakoff/dp/0226468011/ https://www.amazon.com/Metaphors-We-Live-George-Lakoff/dp/02...
- nabla9 7y agoDouglas Hofstader's work in cognitive science is based on the same premise. Humans high level thinking fundamentally base on analogies. His book "Fluid Concepts & Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought" (1995) is the culmination of his thinking.