The fundamental mechanism, metaphors that we have are spatial in context. We talk about this thing's too slippery to hold on to. I want to construct an idea. They're all spatial metaphys. Infact, whenever we use a preposition in on near after, under all of them, unless we're talking about objects in the world, it's a metaphor. It's to pretend a make believe world - which is seemingly almost the only way we can deal with abstract ideas. Some nobel prize winners who've been down this route think this ento rinal cortex, thise grid cells that tell us where we physically are in space, is how we organize our ideas.
Oliver Caviglioli is a former headteacher of a special needs school. Now, he’s an information designer and author of several books about education. His latest book, Organise Ideas, which he co-authored with David Goodwin, explains the practice and science behind using graphic organizers to teach and learn.
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