Philosophy in the Flesh : The Embodied Mind and Its Challenge to Western Thought
 

Philosophy in the Flesh : The Embodied Mind and Its Challenge to Western Thought

by George Lakoff, Mark Johnson

Two leading thinkers offer a blueprint for a new philosophy.
"Their ambition is massive, their argument important.…The authors engage in a sort of metaphorical genome project, attempting to delineate the genetic code of human thought." -The New York Times Book Review
"This book will be an instant academic best-seller." -Mark Turner, University of Maryland
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Philosophy 119 books / 333 members / 114 posts
Integral Transformative Studies Group 13 books / 27 members / 11 posts This group is for reader of Ken Wilber's transformative books on Integral Psychology, Philosophy, Death & Dying and Spirituality . Some Books up for discussion: - Grace and Grit - No Boundry - A Brief History of Everything - A Theory of Everything - Integral Psychology
Science for laymen 102 books / 87 members / 34 posts This group is devoted to discussions on science books (nonfiction) that are intended for the general readers (laymen) and not the specialists. Authors who have written books under this genre include George Gamow, Steven Strogatz, Steven Levy, James Gleick, John Gribbin, Robert Jungk, Jean-Pierre Luminet, Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Isaac Asimov (yes, he has lots of nonfiction), Abraham Pais, Ronald Clark, Arthur Clarke (yup, he too has lots of nonfiction), Ed Regis, and David Kahn (mostly about cryptography) among others. We may want to call these writers "science chronologists".
Critical Thinking 5 books / 10 members / 2 posts Books that go into areas that stir up the mind. Books like The Da Vinci code, The Secret Supper and many more
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