Philosophy in the flesh : the embodied mind and its challenge to Western thought / George Lakoff and Mark Johnson.

Author/creator Lakoff, George
Other author Johnson, Mark, 1949-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Basic Books, ©1999.
Descriptionxiv, 624 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects

Contents Introduction : Who are we? -- The cognitive unconscious -- The embodied mind -- Primary metaphor and subjective experience -- The anatomy of complex metaphor -- Embodied realism : cognitive science versus a priori philosophy -- Realism and truth -- Metaphor and truth -- The cognitive science of philosophical ideas -- Time -- Events and causes -- The mind -- The self -- Morality -- The cognitive science of philosophy -- The pre-Socratics : the cognitive science of early Greek metaphysics -- Plato -- Aristotle -- Descartes and the Enlightenment mind -- Kantian morality -- Analytic philosophy --Chomsky's philosophy and cognitive linguistics -- The theory of rational action -- How philosophical theories work -- Philosophy in the flesh.
Local noteLittle-348965--305131055147Z
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 584-601) and index.
LCCN 98037113
ISBN0465056733 (acid-free paper)
ISBN9780465056736 (acid-free paper)
ISBN0465056741 ($25.00)
ISBN9780465056743 ($25.00)

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Joyner General Stacks BD418.3 .L35 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold