We often attribute 'understanding' and other cognitive predicates by metaphor and analogy to cars, adding machines, and other artifacts, but nothing is proved by such attributions.
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Metaphors are fine if they aid understanding, but sometimes they get in the way.
Metaphor creates a kind of conceptual synesthesia, in which we understand one concept in the context of another.
Our tools are extensions of our purposes, and so we find it natural to make metaphorical attributions of intentionality to them; but I take it no philosophical ice is cut by such examples.
Metaphor is not just the detection of patterns; it is the creation of patterns.
Our understanding is correlative to our perception.
Metaphor is embodied in language.
Language is memory and metaphor.
Cognitive psychology has shown that the mind best understands facts when they are woven into a conceptual fabric, such as a narrative, mental map, or intuitive theory. Disconnected facts in the mind are like unlinked pages on the Web: They might as well not exist.
All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation.
Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions.