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I didn't realize how much our language relies on metaphorical thinking until I read that book. Although I think they end up making rather strong claims about ph

• yesenadam 5y ago
  Their later book Philosophy in the Flesh looks in detail at various philosophers and philosophical concepts and systems, analysing the conceptual metaphors in them, and showing e.g. how much whether an argument seems sensible depends on the metaphors it involves, e.g. the metaphor of knowing as seeing. I can't think of another book that shed nearly so much light on philosophy for me as this.