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Target Role: knower

Source Role: see-er

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Target Role: mind

Source Role: eyes

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Target Role: knowledge_capacity

Source Role: visiual_ability

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Target Role: knowledge

Source Role: seen_object

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Target Entailment: Gaining knowledge

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Type of Inferential Structure: x-schema_stage

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Target Entailment: Aid to knowing

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Type of Inferential Structure: x-schema_condition

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Target Entailment: Impediments to knowing

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Type of Inferential Structure: image schematic_obstacle

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Target Entailment: Knower's ability to know

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Type of Inferential Structure: x-schema_condition; ability

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Target Entailment: Attempting to gain knowledge

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Type of Inferential Structure: intention

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Target Entailment: Gaining knowledge

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Type of Inferential Structure: x-schema_stage

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Target Entailment: Knowing in detail

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Type of Inferential Structure: image schematic; perspective

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Target Entailment: Knowing overall

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Type of Inferential Structure: image schematic; perspective

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Target Entailment: Knowing from a perspective

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Type of Inferential Structure: image schematic; perspective

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Target Entailment: Giving knowledge (communicating)

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Type of Inferential Structure: image schematic

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Target Entailment: Knowing in detail

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Target Entailment: being poised to know

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Text: I see what you mean.


Provenance: Philosophy in the Flesh

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Facts about "KNOWING IS SEEING"
EntailmentGaining knowledge (Onset of seeing, coming into sight, X-schema stage) +, Aid to knowing (Aid to seeing, x-schema_condition, AID TO KNOWING IS A LIGHT SOURCE) +, Impediments to knowing (Impediments to seeing (visual obstructions), image schematic_obstacle, DIFFICULTIES IN KNOWING ARE VISUAL OBSTRUCTIONS) +, Knower's ability to know (Seer's ability to see, x-schema_condition, Ability) +, Attempting to gain knowledge (Searching, intention, SEEKING KNOWLEDGE IS SEARCHING) +, Gaining knowledge (Discovery, x-schema_stage, GAINING KNOWLEDGE IS DISCOVERY) +, Knowing in detail (Seeing from a short distance, image schematic, Perspective) +, Knowing overall (Seeing from a relatively long distance, image schematic, Perspective) +, Knowing from a perspective (Seeing from a vantage point, image schematic, Perspective) +, Giving knowledge (communicating) (Showing, image schematic, COMMUNICATING IS SHOWING) +, Knowing in detail (Seeing from a short distance, ?, ?) + and being poised to know (being poised to see, ?, BEING POISED TO KNOW IS BEING POSITIONED TO SEE WELL) +
ExampleEnglish (I see what you mean., ?, ?, Philosophy in the Flesh, ?, ?, ?) +
Has source frameFrame:Seeing +
Has target frameFrame:Knowing +
Mappingknower (see-er, ?) +, mind (eyes, ?) +, knowledge_capacity (visiual_ability, ?) + and knowledge (seen_object, ?) +
Metaphor.AliasUNDERSTANDING IS SEEING (Grady (1998)) +
Metaphor.Experiential basisGaining knowledge through looking around +
Metaphor.Investigated forEnglish +
Metaphor.LevelGeneral +
Metaphor.Source frameFrame:Seeing +
Metaphor.Target frameFrame:Knowing +
Metaphor.TypePrimary +
Related metaphoris a mapping within (THINKING IS PERCEIVING, ?) + and is a source subcase of (KNOWING IS PERCEIVING, ?) +
Has subobject
"Has subobject" is a predefined property representing a container construct that allows to accumulate property-value assignments similar to that of a normal wiki page.
Metaphor:KNOWING IS SEEING#Is_example_of +