Studies have suggested that our understanding of metaphors may be rooted in our bodily experience. Some functional MRI, fMRI or EEG brain studies have indicated, for example, that when you hear a metaphor such as "she had a rough day," regions of the brain associated with tactile experience are activated. If you hear, "he's so sweet," areas associated with taste are activated. If you see the word "bent" used in both the literal and metaphorical context, the sensory-motor region being activated almost immediately. [1] Everything we understand is related to our experiences, one way or the other. It can never be any other way. We live in a cosmos, we are engulfed by it, we are defined by it. And yet, even the fact that we attempt to question that cosmos says it all: there is not such a cosmos.
We see everything through the looking glass. And the moment we started moving our finger towards it in order to touch it and see if it’s real, it started cracking…
Reality… Reality… Reality…
Yes, it can be bent too…
Only because it was never there…
Don’t worry. It is just a metaphor…
[Written on 2019-04-04]
(c) Philosophy WIRES - Commenting world news from philosophy's perspective…
We see everything through the looking glass. And the moment we started moving our finger towards it in order to touch it and see if it’s real, it started cracking…
Reality… Reality… Reality…
Yes, it can be bent too…
Only because it was never there…
Don’t worry. It is just a metaphor…
[Written on 2019-04-04]
(c) Philosophy WIRES - Commenting world news from philosophy's perspective…
