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“Fighting” Illness: The Trouble With Metaphors In Medicine

IDEAS Posted: August 7, 2014 11:45 pm

“Metaphors are a fundamental mechanism through which our minds conceptualize the world around us, especially in the face of complexity. But evidence suggests they do more than explain similarities – they can invent them where they don’t exist, and blur the lines between the literal and the figurative.”

IDEAS Published: 08.06.14

Read the story in The Atlantic Published: 08.06.14

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