# Religion, if it exists, is negotiation of underdetermined metaphoric cognition [UPDATED]

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The piece describes religious thought as social negotiation over schematic and underdetermined conceptual representations.

Blog post · Metaphor Hacker · 9 April 2011

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Metaphor Hacker (metaphorhacker.net)](https://metaphorhacker.net/2011/04/religion-if-it-exists-is-negotiation-of-underdetermined-metaphoric-cognition/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 9 April 2011
- Published in: Metaphor Hacker
- Language: English

Topics: religion, cognition, conceptual-framing, epistemology, anthropology.

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