What is the explanatory value of a conceptual metaphor

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Deliberate Metaphor Theory: Basic assumptions, main tenets, urgent issues (2017, background): “I have argued above that this is simply not true: DMT includes all of this work but raises critical questions about its interpretation (cf. McGlone 2007) while aligning in various ways with other experimental work that proposes alternative models, such as Gentner and Bowdle (2008), Giora (2008),…”
Evaluating Conceptual Metaphor Theory (2011, background): “…concluded, “Its atmospheric influence notwithstanding, the [conceptual metaphor] view has not fared well theoretically or empirically” (McGlone, 2007, p. 122); and, as a consequence, raised strong doubts about “the explanatory value of the ‘conceptual metaphor’ construct” (McGlone, 2007, p. 109).”
The Paradox of Metaphor: Why We Need a Three-Dimensional Model of Metaphor (2008, background): “The fact that words are polysemous is often used as an argument against their metaphorical status (cf. Murphy, 1996, 1997; McGlone, 2007), but this argument only works if the underlying model of polysemy excludes metaphorically motivated polysemy.”