ABSTRACT

The third meaning of 'integrate and systematize' is the most abstract. It involves a re-examination of the kinds of metaphors we operate with in thinking about mind, consciousness and cognitive processes. These include both the speCifically

Metaphors for thought The intellect loves things. It has a tendency to reifY process and quality and make them into things in their own right. This reification is seen in the dominant metaphors we use, both as psychologists and as ordinary human beings, to think about thinking.