Philosophy

Metaphors originating from philosophical traditions — epistemology, ontology, ethics, and logic.

Mappings (29)

• Beliefs Are Beings with a Life Cycle conceptual-metaphor
• Causation Is Commercial Transaction conceptual-metaphor
• Causes Are Forces conceptual-metaphor
• Difficulties Are Impediments to Motion conceptual-metaphor
• Duck Typing dead-metaphor
• Existence Is A Location conceptual-metaphor
• Good Is Up; Bad Is Down conceptual-metaphor
• Ideas Are Fashions conceptual-metaphor
• Ideas Are Light-Sources conceptual-metaphor
• Ideas Are Objects conceptual-metaphor
• Ideas Are Resources conceptual-metaphor
• Life Is a Container conceptual-metaphor
• Life Is a Gambling Game conceptual-metaphor
• Life Is a Journey conceptual-metaphor
• Long-Term Purposeful Change Is a Journey conceptual-metaphor
• Obligations Are Forces conceptual-metaphor
• Properties Are Possessions conceptual-metaphor
• Purposes Are Destinations conceptual-metaphor
• Rational Is Up; Emotional Is Down conceptual-metaphor
• States Are Locations conceptual-metaphor
• The Conduit Metaphor paradigm
• The Map Is Not the Territory paradigm
• Theories Are Buildings conceptual-metaphor
• Time Is a Moving Object conceptual-metaphor
• Time Is Money conceptual-metaphor
• Time Is Stationary and We Move Through It conceptual-metaphor
• Understanding Is Seeing conceptual-metaphor
• Unknown Is Up; Known Is Down conceptual-metaphor
• Virtue Is Up; Depravity Is Down conceptual-metaphor