Twin-Pan Balance Schema
Definition:
A twin-pan balance schema is a balance schema that involves physical or metaphorical countervailing forces acting on either side of a fulcrum.
Examples:
Physical
- Scales
- See-saws
Metaphorical
- Argument-as-balance
- Justice-as-balance
- Mathematical-equality-as-balance
Source:
85–86, 89–90
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