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#71 experiential basis - #114 we tend to structure the less concrete and inherently vaguer concepts in terms of more concrete concepts - #168 Are there any concepts at all that are understood directly, without metaphor? -
#87 direct physical experience   10 years ago (owner) Document
"what we call "direct physical experience" is never merely a matter of having a body of a certain sort; rather, every experience takes place within a vast background of cultural presuppositions." (#60 1067)
"It can be misleading, therefore, to speak of direct physical experience as though there were some core of immediate experience which we then "interpret" in terms of our conceptual system." (#60 1068)
 
  • → #88 all experience is cultural through and through   10 years ago (owner) Document
  • #114 we tend to structure the less concrete and inherently vaguer concepts in terms of more concrete concepts -
    → + #90 we typically conceptualize the nonphysical in terms of the physical   10 years ago (owner) Document
  • → #91 "Metaphors based on simple physical concepts—up-down, in-out, object, substance, etc....   10 years ago (owner) Document
  • #95 CAUSATION concept - #99 people categorize objects, not in set-theoretical terms, but in terms of prototypes and family resemblances -
    → + #98 prototypical direct manipulations   integrity     10 years ago (owner) Document
  • + #85 spatial concepts   10 years ago (owner) Document
  • → + #74 ontological metaphors   10 years ago (owner) Document
  • → + #68 orientational metaphors   10 years ago (owner) Document
  • #76 metonymy -
    → #89 Experience with physical objects provides the basis for metonymy   10 years ago (owner) Document
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