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SUMMARY:Conceptual Blending Across Cultures\, Texts\, and Traditions
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DESCRIPTION:Program of the Visit of Professor Mark Turner to the CRC 1475.
 Thursday\, 27 AugustWorkshop: Conceptual BlendingTimeProgram9:45Welcome an
 d Introduction – Volkhard Krech10:00Keynote Lecture: Blending and Compre
 ssion: Fitting the Divine to the Human Mind – Mark TurnerHuman beings po
 ssess biological\, local\, here-and-now minds\, yet religious thought depe
 nds upon vast\, transcendent structures spanning immense ranges of causati
 on\, agency\, time\, and space. How do constrained primate brains achieve 
 ideas of the divine? The answer lies in advanced conceptual blending and i
 ts powers of mental compression. By selectively integrating distinct\, oft
 en conflicting mental spaces\, human cognition compresses diffuse\, intrac
 table conceptual webs into tight\, human-scale mental tools. The compresse
 d blend is tractable\, can be carried mentally\, and is available for unpa
 cking to connect to vast conceptual networks that would otherwise lie beyo
 nd human cognition. This presentation will review the processes of these m
 ental operations and provide a guided tour of highlights in religious thin
 king.11:30Coffee Break11:45Metaphors of Religion: An Introduction – Tim 
 Karis12:00Shared Methods and the CRC Thesaurus – Frederik Elwert12:30Com
 ments & Discussion13:15Lunch Break14:30Case Studies from the CRCJourneys i
 n Time and Space. Transcultural Metaphorical Blending in Artistic Appropri
 ations of Ta’ziyeh – Julia StenzelWater and Waves\, Mind and Thoughts:
  When Analogies Require Conceptual Blending – Jan-Ulrich SobischDiscover
 ing Multiple Blends. An Analysis of the Conceptual Structure of Amos 1:2a 
 in its Broader Context – Nikita Artemov15:30Coffee Break16:00Concluding 
 Discussion: Conceptual Blending and Metaphors of Religion17:00End of Works
 hop18:30Dinner at “Wilma Wunder”Friday\, 28 August11:00–13:00 Workin
 g Meeting: Thesaurus of Religious Metaphors: Current State and Next Genera
 tionTimeProgram11:00Toward the Next Generation of the Thesaurus of Religio
 us Metaphors – Kianoosh Rezania11:30Joint Discussion (including coffee b
 reak)13:00Lunch14:00–17:00 Master Class for Early Career ResearchersRead
 ing and Discussing Conceptual Blending with Mark TurnerTimeProgram14:00Wel
 come and Introduction by Kianoosh Rezania14:15Opening Remarks by Mark Turn
 er: Advances in Conceptual Blending14:30Joint Discussion (including coffee
  break)17:00End of Master Class18:30Dinner (restaurant tba)
LOCATION:GB 5/150–152 „Ruhrpott“
URL:https://sfb1475.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de/veranstaltung/conceptual-blendin
 g-across-cultures-texts-08-2026/
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