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How action shapes thought

Pragmatism in Practice

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The Language of Action

Gestures are representational, like language. So they're not actual actions on objects. They're representing actions on ideas. And there almost isn't any other way of talking about ideas except to use the language of action. That's another way that we're showing that cognition is embodied.

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