A post yesterday on cogling-L digest: "Hi,
The idea behind image metaphors is simple. Images are structured by image schemas. A given image has multiple image schemas linked via neural binding to form a composite image schema ? or more than one. Metaphors map one image to another by mapping the source image schemas to the identical image schemas in the target. Since image schemas have inferences, the inference are also mapped. The result may be imagistic content, or conceptual content, depending on the details of knowledge about the image is linked to the image. This is discussed in case study 2 of Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things, and in More Than Cool Reason. For example, there is a discussion of Shakespeare mapping the image-schematic shape of a tree onto the image-schematic shape of a person, with trunk to trunk and limbs to arms. This activates the People are Plants (with respect to the life cycle) metaphor,so that the tree in autumn is the person toward the end of life. Take care, George" ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-c97d2393 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-2484a968 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
