Abstract Various belief constructs such as framing, dualisms, worldviews, paradigms, and values are discussed to understand how these might result in scotomas. The observer is not independent and objective but has purpose and values within a group with a language. This leads to an exploration of conceptual metaphor within language as a way of accessing what is largely unconscious thinking and a potential source of scotomas. Examples of the use of conceptual metaphors in systems and complexity thinking are provided illustrating that conceptual metaphors can do work that is not easily performed by other methods in systems thinking currently. Without awareness of beliefs, certain types of interactions or perspectives are neglected; patterns of behavior survive when they no longer serve; meaning is lost and marginalization continues unchecked.

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系统思考者：检查你的盲点并注意你的语言！

摘要 讨论了各种信念结构，如框架、二元论、世界观、范式和价值观，以了解这些可能如何导致暗点。观察者不是独立和客观的，而是在具有语言的群体中具有目的和价值。这导致对语言中的概念隐喻的探索，作为一种访问主要是无意识思维和暗点的潜在来源的方式。提供了概念隐喻在系统和复杂性思维中的使用示例，说明概念隐喻可以完成当前系统思维中其他方法不易完成的工作。如果没有对信仰的认识，某些类型的互动或观点就会被忽视；当不再服务时，行为模式仍然存在；意义消失了，边缘化继续不受控制。