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NOTE: there is no examples-page for this metaphor in the database; there is only an examples-page for a special case of it, namely Cognizing as Seeing, and an examples-page for an overlapping metaphor, Ideas as External Entities (see below).
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Under this metaphor, thinking, believing, understanding, or other cognitive activities/states are portrayed as physically sensing, in some form (or as the ability to physically sense).
Cognizing as Smelling is a special case that is not very common compared to Cognizing as Seeing. It is manifested in sentences like ``Things didn't smell right to Kevin.'' There is is currently no databank description-page or examples-page for this metaphor.
Another special case, Cognizing as Being Touched, is quite common, and is a special case also of Ideas as External Entities. Manifestations of Cognizing as Being Touched are currently included in the Ideas as External Entities examples-page of the databank.
The special case Cognizing as Hearing [no databank pages] is evident in sentences like ``It sounds a good idea to me.''