...[P]hilosophical theories are structured by conceptual....

“ ...[P]hilosophical theories are structured by conceptual metaphors that constrain which inferences can be drawn within that philosophical theory. The (typically unconscious) conceptual metaphors that are constitutive of a philosophical theory have the causal effect of constraining how you can reason within that philosophical framework. ”

George Lakoff

From : Philosophy in the Flesh: The Embodied Mind and its Challenge to Western Thought