# What is not a metaphor: Modelling the world through language, thought, science, or action

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The piece explains metaphor as conceptual modelling and argues that every interaction with the world applies partial cognitive models.

Blog post · Metaphor Hacker · 4 March 2014

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Metaphor Hacker (metaphorhacker.net)](https://metaphorhacker.net/2014/03/what-is-not-a-metaphor-modelling-the-world-through-language-thought-science-or-action/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 4 March 2014
- Published in: Metaphor Hacker
- Language: English

Topics: metaphor, cognition, conceptual-framing, philosophy.

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