Metaphor:KNOWING IS SEEING
Aliases | UNDERSTANDING IS SEEING (Grady (1998),296) |
---|---|
Description | |
Metaphor Level | General |
Metaphor Type | Primary |
Experiential Basis | Gaining knowledge through looking around |
Source Frame | Seeing Roles:see-er, seen_object, eyes, vision_x-schema, visual_ability, seen_object_perceived_elements
|
---|---|
Target Frame | Knowing Roles:knower, knowledge, knowing_x-schema, knowledge_capacity, knowledge_status
|
Mappings:
knower | <= | see-er |
mind | <= | eyes |
knowledge_capacity | <= | visiual_ability |
knowledge | <= | seen_object |
Related Metaphors:
Current Metaphor | KNOWING IS SEEING |
---|---|
Relation Type | is a mapping within |
Related Metaphor | THINKING IS PERCEIVING |
Description |
Current Metaphor | KNOWING IS SEEING |
---|---|
Relation Type | is a source subcase of |
Related Metaphor | KNOWING IS PERCEIVING |
Description |
Entailments:
Target Entailment | Gaining knowledge |
---|---|
Source Inference | Onset of seeing; coming into sight |
Type of Inferential Structure | x-schema_stage |
Entailed Metaphor(s) |
Target Entailment | Aid to knowing |
---|---|
Source Inference | Aid to seeing |
Type of Inferential Structure | x-schema_condition |
Entailed Metaphor(s) | AID TO KNOWING IS A LIGHT SOURCE |
Target Entailment | Impediments to knowing |
---|---|
Source Inference | Impediments to seeing (visual obstructions) |
Type of Inferential Structure | image schematic_obstacle |
Entailed Metaphor(s) | DIFFICULTIES IN KNOWING ARE VISUAL OBSTRUCTIONS |
Target Entailment | Knower's ability to know |
---|---|
Source Inference | Seer's ability to see |
Type of Inferential Structure | x-schema_condition; ability |
Entailed Metaphor(s) | ABILITY TO KNOW IS ABILITY TO SEE |
Target Entailment | Attempting to gain knowledge |
---|---|
Source Inference | Searching |
Type of Inferential Structure | intention |
Entailed Metaphor(s) | SEEKING KNOWLEDGE IS SEARCHING |
Target Entailment | Gaining knowledge |
---|---|
Source Inference | Discovery |
Type of Inferential Structure | x-schema_stage |
Entailed Metaphor(s) | GAINING KNOWLEDGE IS DISCOVERY |
Target Entailment | Knowing in detail |
---|---|
Source Inference | Seeing from a short distance |
Type of Inferential Structure | image schematic; perspective |
Entailed Metaphor(s) |
Target Entailment | Knowing overall |
---|---|
Source Inference | Seeing from a relatively long distance |
Type of Inferential Structure | image schematic; perspective |
Entailed Metaphor(s) |
Target Entailment | Knowing from a perspective |
---|---|
Source Inference | Seeing from a vantage point |
Type of Inferential Structure | image schematic; perspective |
Entailed Metaphor(s) |
Target Entailment | Giving knowledge (communicating) |
---|---|
Source Inference | Showing |
Type of Inferential Structure | image schematic |
Entailed Metaphor(s) | COMMUNICATING IS SHOWING |
Target Entailment | Knowing in detail |
---|---|
Source Inference | Seeing from a short distance |
Type of Inferential Structure | |
Entailed Metaphor(s) |
Target Entailment | being poised to know |
---|---|
Source Inference | being poised to see |
Type of Inferential Structure | |
Entailed Metaphor(s) | BEING POISED TO KNOW IS BEING POSITIONED TO SEE WELL |
Examples:
Example Text: | I see what you mean. |
---|---|
Provenance: | Philosophy in the Flesh |
Graph of related metaphors:
digraph meta4tggrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Knowledge" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Knowledge" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Knowing" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Knowing" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];
n1 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n3 [label="Learning" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Learning" fontsize="10.0" ];
n3 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n4 [label="Understanding" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Understanding" fontsize="10.0" ];
n4 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n5 [label="Cognizing" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Cognizing" fontsize="10.0" ];
n2 -> n5 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }
digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="ABILITY TO KNOW IS ABILITY TO SEE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:ABILITY_TO_KNOW_IS_ABILITY_TO_SEE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"]; n2 [label="KNOWING IS SEEING" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:KNOWING_IS_SEEING" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];
n1 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; n3 [label="AID TO KNOWING IS A LIGHT SOURCE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:AID_TO_KNOWING_IS_A_LIGHT_SOURCE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];
n3 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; n4 [label="DIFFICULTIES IN KNOWING ARE VISUAL OBSTRUCTIONS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:DIFFICULTIES_IN_KNOWING_ARE_VISUAL_OBSTRUCTIONS" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];
n4 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; n5 [label="KNOWING IS TOUCHING" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:KNOWING_IS_TOUCHING" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];
n5 -> n2 [label = "has as transitive subpart 2" fontsize="8.0" color="purple" ]; n6 [label="PROVING IS SHOWING" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:PROVING_IS_SHOWING" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];
n6 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; n7 [label="SEEKING KNOWLEDGE IS SEARCHING" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:SEEKING_KNOWLEDGE_IS_SEARCHING" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];
n7 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; n8 [label="THINKING IS PERCEIVING" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:THINKING_IS_PERCEIVING" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];
n2 -> n8 [label = "is a mapping within" fontsize="8.0" color="brown" ]; n9 [label="KNOWING IS PERCEIVING" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:KNOWING_IS_PERCEIVING" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];
n2 -> n9 [label = "is a source subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }
digraph meta4srcgrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Cause to see" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Cause_to_see" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Seeing" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Seeing" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];
n1 -> n2 [label = "is in causal relation with" fontsize="8.0" ]; n3 [label="Directed vision" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Directed_vision" fontsize="10.0" ];
n3 -> n2 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n4 [label="Visual obstruction" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Visual_obstruction" fontsize="10.0" ];
n4 -> n2 [label = "is in causal relation with" fontsize="8.0" ]; n5 [label="Perception" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Perception" fontsize="10.0" ];
n2 -> n5 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n6 [label="Luminosity" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Luminosity" fontsize="10.0" ];
n2 -> n6 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; }
Entailment | Gaining 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) + |
Example | English (I see what you mean., ?, ?, Philosophy in the Flesh, ?, ?, ?) + |
Has source frame | Frame:Seeing + |
Has target frame | Frame:Knowing + |
Mapping | knower (see-er, ?) +, mind (eyes, ?) +, knowledge_capacity (visiual_ability, ?) + and knowledge (seen_object, ?) + |
Metaphor.Alias | UNDERSTANDING IS SEEING (Grady (1998)) + |
Metaphor.Experiential basis | Gaining knowledge through looking around + |
Metaphor.Investigated for | English + |
Metaphor.Level | General + |
Metaphor.Source frame | Frame:Seeing + |
Metaphor.Target frame | Frame:Knowing + |
Metaphor.Type | Primary + |
Related metaphor | is 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 + |