Logical Relations Are Causal Relations

Source Domain
causal, causation, causality

Target Domain
logical, logic

- 1 Because all men are mortal, Socrates is mortal.

- 2 Socrates' mortality is a result of the mortality of all men.

- 3 The mortality of all men makes Socrates mortal.

Note: is itself always understood via a source domain of its own. Thismeans that logic is understood indirectly via the source domainsused to structure causation.

- 1 His reasoning forced me to a conclusion I didn't like.

- 2 Your premises aren't going to allow you to reach the correct solution.

Note: See the File on this metaphor: MentalLoc

Logical Arguments Are Paths To Solutions

- 1 Your argument is leading away from the conclusion you want to reach.

- 2 Follow your reasoning where it takes you.

- 3 I've been thinking about this along a different path.

Note: mapping: CAUSAL MEANS ARE PATHS.

- 1 This argument yields the following conclusions.

- 2 Does your reasoning give you the answer you wanted?

Note: See File on this Metaphor: MentalObj

Premises Are The Source Of The Conclusion

- 1 Once you get your assumptions right, the solution falls out.

- 2 What kind of answer is going to come out of these premises?

- 3 His conclusion sprang from faulty premises.

Note: mapping: NECESSARY PREREQUISITES ARE SOURCES OF EFFECTS.

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