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Steven Pinker

“Lakoff is right to insist that conceptual metaphors are not just literary garnishes but aides to reason – they are ‘metaphors we live by.’ And metaphors can power sophisticated inferences, not just obvious ones…”

Steven Pinker, The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
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The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature by Steven Pinker
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