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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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- Q: What is the page count of this book? A: This book has six hundred forty pages. It provides an in-depth exploration of philosophy and cognitive science.
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- Q: Who is the author of this book? A: The author is George Lakoff. He is a prominent figure in cognitive science and philosophy.
- Q: What is the main theme of this book? A: The main theme addresses the intersection of cognitive science and Western philosophical thought. It challenges traditional views of the mind and reasoning.
- Q: How should I read this book? A: You can read this book at your own pace. It is suitable for anyone interested in philosophy and cognitive science.
- Q: Is this book suitable for beginners in philosophy? A: Yes, this book is suitable for beginners. It presents complex ideas in an accessible manner.
- Q: What are the key concepts discussed in this book? A: Key concepts include the nature of thought, morality, causation, and the self. These are explored through the lens of cognitive science.
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- Q: Is this book safe for young readers? A: No, this book is not specifically aimed at young readers. It deals with complex philosophical themes that may not be suitable for children.
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- Q: What makes this book different from other philosophy books? A: This book uniquely integrates cognitive science with philosophical inquiry, challenging longstanding assumptions in Western thought.
- Q: Is this book part of a series? A: No, this book is not part of a series. It stands alone in its exploration of embodied philosophy.