Philosophy In The Flesh: The Embodied Mind And Its Challenge To Western Thought,New

Philosophy In The Flesh: The Embodied Mind And Its Challenge To Western Thought,New

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What Are Human Beings Like? How Is Knowledge Possible? What Is Truth? Where Do Moral Values Come From? Questions Like These Have Stood At The Center Of Western Philosophy For Centuries. In Addressing Them, Philosophers Have Made Certain Fundamental Assumptionsthat We Can Know Our Own Minds By Introspection, That Most Of Our Thinking About The World Is Literal, And That Reason Is Disembodied And Universalthat Are Now Called Into Question By Wellestablished Results Of Cognitive Science. It Has Been Shown Empirically That:Most Thought Is Unconscious. We Have No Direct Conscious Access To The Mechanisms Of Thought And Language. Our Ideas Go By Too Quickly And At Too Deep A Level For Us To Observe Them In Any Simple Way.Abstract Concepts Are Mostly Metaphorical. Much Of The Subject Matter Of Philosopy, Such As The Nature Of Time, Morality, Causation, The Mind, And The Self, Relies Heavily On Basic Metaphors Derived From Bodily Experience. What Is Literal In Our Reasoning About Such Concepts Is Minimal And Conceptually Impoverished. All The Richness Comes From Metaphor. For Instance, We Have Two Mutually Incompatible Metaphors For Time, Both Of Which Represent It As Movement Through Space: In One It Is A Flow Past Us And In The Other A Spatial Dimension We Move Along.Mind Is Embodied. Thought Requires A Bodynot In The Trivial Sense That You Need A Physical Brain To Think With, But In The Profound Sense That The Very Structure Of Our Thoughts Comes From The Nature Of The Body. Nearly All Of Our Unconscious Metaphors Are Based On Common Bodily Experiences.Most Of The Central Themes Of The Western Philosophical Tradition Are Called Into Question By These Findings. The Cartesian Person, With A Mind Wholly Separate From The Body, Does Not Exist. The Kantian Person, Capable Of Moral Action According To The Dictates Of A Universal Reason, Does Not Exist. The Phenomenological Person, Capable Of Knowing His Or Her Mind Entirely Through Introspection Alone, Does Not Exist. The Utilitarian Person, The Chomskian Person, The Poststructuralist Person, The Computational Person, And The Person Defined By Analytic Philosopy All Do Not Exist.Then What Does?Lakoff And Johnson Show That A Philosopy Responsible To The Science Of Mind Offers Radically New And Detailed Understandings Of What A Person Is. After First Describing The Philosophical Stance That Must Follow From Taking Cognitive Science Seriously, They Reexamine The Basic Concepts Of The Mind, Time, Causation, Morality, And The Self: Then They Rethink A Host Of Philosophical Traditions, From The Classical Greeks Through Kantian Morality Through Modern Analytic Philosopy. They Reveal The Metaphorical Structure Underlying Each Mode Of Thought And Show How The Metaphysics Of Each Theory Flows From Its Metaphors. Finally, They Take On Two Major Issues Of Twentiethcentury Philosopy: How We Conceive Rationality, And How We Conceive Language. Philosopy In The Flesh Reveals A Radically New Understanding Of What It Means To Be Human And Calls For A Thorough Rethinking Of The Western Philosophical Tradition. This Is Philosopy As It Has Never Been Seen Before.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q: What is the main theme of 'Philosophy In The Flesh'? A: 'Philosophy In The Flesh' explores how cognitive science challenges traditional Western philosophical assumptions about the mind, knowledge, and morality.
  • Q: Who is the author of this book? A: The book is authored by George Lakoff, a prominent cognitive scientist and philosopher.
  • Q: How many pages does 'Philosophy In The Flesh' have? A: The book contains 640 pages.
  • Q: What is the publication date of 'Philosophy In The Flesh'? A: 'Philosophy In The Flesh' was published on December 1, 1999.
  • Q: What type of binding does this book have? A: This edition of 'Philosophy In The Flesh' is a hardcover.
  • Q: Is 'Philosophy In The Flesh' suitable for beginners in philosophy? A: While the book presents complex ideas, it is accessible to readers with an interest in philosophy and cognitive science, making it suitable for both beginners and advanced readers.
  • Q: What are some key concepts discussed in the book? A: Key concepts include the embodied mind, the metaphorical nature of thought, and the critique of traditional Western philosophical views.
  • Q: Does the book have any specific philosophical theories it critiques? A: Yes, it critiques theories from Cartesian dualism, Kantian morality, and various forms of analytic philosophy.
  • Q: What is the importance of metaphors according to the book? A: The book argues that metaphors shape our understanding of complex concepts like time, morality, and the self, revealing the limitations of literal interpretations.
  • Q: Is there a specific edition of 'Philosophy In The Flesh'? A: Yes, this listing is for the First Edition of 'Philosophy In The Flesh'.