# Pervasiveness of Obliging Metaphors in Thought and Deed

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The piece argues that metaphors generate insight only when their partial mappings are not mistaken for complete identities.

Blog post · Metaphor Hacker · 27 October 2013

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Metaphor Hacker (metaphorhacker.net)](https://metaphorhacker.net/2013/10/pervasiveness-of-oblidging-metaphors-in-thought-and-deed/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 27 October 2013
- Published in: Metaphor Hacker
- Language: English

Topics: metaphor, metaphor-analysis, cognition, analogy.

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