Piggydb Knowledge Example - CAUSATION concept

#94 directly emergent concepts and emergent metaphorical concepts based on our experience #106 experiential gestalt

#95 CAUSATION concept 10 years ago (owner)

"Even a concept as basic as CAUSATION is not purely emergent or purely metaphorical. Rather, it appears to have a directly emergent core that is elaborated metaphorically." (#60 1245)

#96 causation is best understood as an experiential gestalt integrity 10 years ago (owner) 96 causation is best un...
#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) 98 prototypical direct ...
#87 direct physical experience #99 people categorize objects, not in set-theoretical terms, but in terms of prototypes and family resemblances

#101 the application of the concept of causation to ever new domains of activity 10 years ago (owner) 101 the application of t...

#102 causation is not a "primitive" in the usual building-block sense 10 years ago (owner) 102 causation is not a "...

#104 a mental or emotional state is viewed as causing an act or event 10 years ago (owner) 104 a mental or emotiona...

#156 the basic concepts of causation used in the physical and social sciences are primarily constituted by a system of nearly two dozen distinct metaphors 10 years ago (owner) 156 the basic concepts o...