About this title: People use metaphors every time they speak. Some of those metaphors are literary - devices for making thoughts more vivid or entertaining. But most are much more basic than that - they're "metaphors we live by", metaphors we use without even realizing we're using them. In this book, George Lakoff and Mark Johnson suggest that these basic metaphors not only affect the way we communicate ideas, but actually structure our perceptions and understandings from the beginning. Bringing together the perspectives of linguistics and philosophy, Lakoff and Johnson offer an intriguing and surprising guide ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13:9780226468013ISBN:0226468011
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780226468013ISBN:0226468011
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780226468013ISBN:0226468011
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Edition: A Phoenix Book
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780226468013ISBN:0226468011
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF CHICAGO PR
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780226468013ISBN:0226468011
Description: New. The now-classic "Metaphors We Live By" changed our understanding of metaphor and its role in language and the mind. Metaphor, the authors explain, is a fundamental mechanism of mind, one that allows us to use what we know about our physical and socia... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780226468013ISBN:0226468011
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"This book changes the way I think about the world.
My Notes: p121 Interactional properties -> p162 in truth p140 List of Love metaphors p153 Old definition of metaphors v. the authors new definition p156 summery p157 Metaphors have the power to define reality (by revealing/hiding) p159 Truth p169 When we desire to explain instead of answering true or false... p179 Truth is a function of our conceptual system p184 Meaning comes from people p185 Third option for objective v. subjective p226 Truth is...based on a non-universal conceptual system... p233 Metaphor in therapy p258 Metaphors are learned when two experiences occur at once... p274 There appears to be universal metaphors"
"I read this book many years ago, and found it intriguing. His observations are interesting and I think important. As time passes, and cognitive science improves, I feel sure that his notions about the role of metaphor will be but on a strong physical basis."
"This book was published in the early 70s but is still a relevant, compact and powerful attack on Cartesian dualism, the proposed split between mind and body that has plagued us for centuries.
(Not all Descartes's fault as I understand. Socrates came up with the idea of the soul as some pure realm of ideas. Then the Christian's picked it up once it became obvious that the end was not quite as nigh as they were hoping so the preservation of body promised by Paul in Corinthians seemed more and more remote. What Descartes did was take this concept of the soul and transform it into a concept of mind. That's my understanding at least.)
In any case, Lakoff and Johnson pile up evidence that the very idea of separating the mind from the body is ludicrous and impossible. Brain science has advanced a lot since then but their arguments are wonderful and eye-opening for anyone wanting to get a taste in this area of thinking."
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