Three dogmas of embodiment: Cognitive linguistics as a cognitive science

Cognitive Linguistics: Current Applications and Future Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 119-146

  Rohrer, Tim ^a  

^a Colorado Advanced Research Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive science; Consciousness; Development; Eliminativism; Embodiment; Image schemas

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EID: 85119314505     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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