Cognitive Semantics
Pre-conceptual spatial patterns that structure all human thought — and their surprising presence in AI systems.
3 Lessons
2.0h
Advanced
7.1 — Image Schemas
The pre-conceptual spatial patterns that form the deep skeleton of human conceptual structure.
Define the major image schemas (CONTAINER, PATH, FORCE, BALANCE, LINK, CENTER-PERIPHERY)
Trace how image schemas get metaphorically extended into abstract conceptual and linguistic domains
Locate image schemas embedded in LLM representations, attention patterns, and behavioral outputs
All Lessons
Image Schemas
The pre-conceptual spatial patterns that form the deep skeleton of human conceptual structure.
Semantic Roles & NLU
Thematic roles, semantic frames, and how AI systems parse who does what to whom.
Event Semantics & Temporal Reasoning
How AI represents time, duration, and the internal structure of events — and why temporal reasoning remains hard.