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Originally Posted by Interesting Ian BTW is it appropriate to call it an analogy rather than a simile? Anyone know? I've just about finished this essay I'm going to put up on my blog addressing the question whther we are obliged to conclude that consciousness is a product of the brain, and I wasn't sure whether to label it an analogy or simile. |
If you say "the brain is like a TV set," then it's a simile. If you say "my brain received the signals broadcast by the TV of god," then it's a metaphor.
But if you actually take the idea seriously, then it's an analogy.
~~ Paul