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How action shapes thought

Pragmatism in Practice

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The Importance of Gestures in Abstract Thought

People who understand the nuance of context because of their own direct experience are better able to perceive and interpret it. But all of this is about my lived bodily experience. And it's kind of one to one mapping with what I'm sensing. When you were talking about abstract thought though, a moment ago, it sounds like that's a little bit different. It diverges a little bit while we might use the same models,. We're actually applying it to a different level of thought.

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