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Name: Philosophy in the flesh
Author: George Lakoff

📘 Philosophy in the flesh by George Lakoff

George Lakoff’s book challenges long‑standing philosophical assumptions by drawing on empirical findings from cognitive science. He shows that most thought is unconscious, that we lack direct access to the mechanisms of language, and that abstract concepts are largely metaphorical. Lakoff demonstrates how everyday bodily experiences shape our metaphors for time, the mind, causation, morality and the self, thereby questioning traditional views such as Cartesian dualism, Kantian rationality and analytic philosophy. By reevaluating these concepts through the lens of embodied cognition, he offers a new philosophical framework that aligns with our actual cognitive workings.

First publish date: 1999

Genre: Philosophy/Philosophy of Mind

Authors: George Lakoff

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