How comparisons influence our perspective and language about a particular thing Metaphorical construal (in CMT)

Nothing is only ever the absence of something in particular, but it is never truly no-thing, since the very label 'nothing' implies 'something'. What we think ... Oct 31, 2012 ... It's one thing to be explicit; it's another thing to invite the ... comparison almost impossible, as to specifically deny that a comparison is ... May 20, 2016 ... One might consider it to imply a direct comparison, but if so, I think you can make an argument for that comparison to go either way. Upvote Nov 19, 2012 ... This comparison, however, overlooks two key characteristics of ... one another. We think that this result reflects inherent limitations ... ... comparison (e.g. A versus B or B versus A), and on the nature of the ... one to another. For example, it was used in a meta-analysis where studies ... Have I chosen things of the same type (e.g., two people, two ideas, two items) that can be measured against one another? What are the major points of comparison ... Aug 31, 2018 ... ... implies depriving another of it. Although the survivor is not responsible for this deprivation (the “responsible” one is Fate or God), (s)he ... In contrast, people from Western cultures such as the United States are more likely to reason using an “either-or” logic in which if one thing is true, another ... But each of these forms contains a mediation, and hence cannot be the real first: for all mediation implies advance made from a first on to a second, and ... Nov 18, 2019 ... I believe in self-improvement so when I bought a nice house, the first thing he did was to ask me if it was too big. All related (100+).