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WHY COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS REQUIRES EMBODIED REALISM - Coggle Diagram
WHY COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS REQUIRES EMBODIED REALISM
Embodied Realism
Mind shaped by body
Sensorimotor basis
Experience-driven
Rejection of mind-body separation
Critique of Objectivism
Language not neutral
Truth = human-based understanding
No absolute objectivity
Role of Metaphor
Thought is metaphorical
Conceptual metaphors structure reasoning
Conceptual Structure
Concepts grounded in bodily experience
No abstract logic-only meaning
Scientific Implications
Language & Thought
Language reflects embodied cognition
Challenges formal semantics
Supports meaning construction over form
Philosophy of Science
Science is interpretive, embodied
No "view from nowhere"
Knowledge = interaction-based