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SideburnsOfDoom on Nov 11, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: How Julian Jaynes’ consciousness theory is faring ...

By analogy? They don't necessary have verbal structure either.

Use of spatial analogies for abstract concepts is common: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conceptual_metaphor

wallace_f on Nov 12, 2017 [–]

I'm convinced that different people have very different experiences thinking about the world.

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