# How to read ‘Women, Fire and Dangerous Things’: Guide to essential reading on human cognition

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The piece provides a selective route through Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things that prioritises its account of categories, cognitive models, embodiment, and metaphor.

Blog post · Metaphor Hacker · 16 May 2018

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Metaphor Hacker (metaphorhacker.net)](https://metaphorhacker.net/2018/05/how-to-read-women-fire-and-dangerous-things-guide-to-essential-reading-on-human-cognition/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 16 May 2018
- Published in: Metaphor Hacker
- Language: English

Topics: cognitive-linguistics, cognition, metaphor, reading.

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