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Metaphors We Live By

Book • 1980

In 'Metaphors We Live By,' George Lakoff and Mark Johnson argue that metaphor is not just a figure of speech but a fundamental mechanism of the mind that allows us to use our physical and social experiences to understand more abstract concepts.

The book introduces the concept of 'conceptual metaphors' and demonstrates how these metaphors structure our perceptions, thoughts, and actions.

It challenges traditional views in Western philosophy and linguistics by showing that metaphor is pervasive in everyday language and thought, influencing how we think about concepts like love, arguments, and truth.

Mentioned by

Murray Shanahan

Robert Breedlove

Iain McGilchrist

Morten Christiansen

Michael Garfield

Mentioned in 19 episodes

Mentioned by

Steven Pinker

when discussing the prevalence and impact of metaphors in language.

231. Secret Signals: Why We Rarely Say Exactly What We Mean

Mentioned by

John Vervaeke

when discussing the pervasiveness of metaphor in cognition and language.

Ep. 2 - Flow, Metaphor, and the Axial Revolution

Mentioned by

Steven Pinker

when discussing how language contains lots of metaphors that allow us to talk about abstract concepts in concrete terms.

329 | Steven Pinker on Rationality and Common Knowledge

Mentioned by

T.K. Coleman

in the context of metaphors and how they shape our thinking.

460 | Overthinking

Mentioned by

Matt Ridley

as an author whose work explores the role of metaphors in our understanding of the world.

Ideas Having Sex: How Money & Language Evolve Civilization w/ Matt Ridley (WiM574)

Mentioned by

Murray Shanahan

as a book that impacted his views on conceptual frameworks.

Prof. Murray Shanahan - Machines Don't Think Like Us

Mentioned by

Tristan Harris

in the context of the power of grounding metaphors.

#387: Tristan Harris — Fighting Skynet and Firewalling Attention

Mentioned by

Robert Breedlove

as an inspiration for his thinking on target and source domains.

Bitcoin and the Mystery of Money w/ Robert Breedlove

Mentioned by

John Vervaeke

when discussing how much our cognition is metaphorical.

Ep. 35 - Awakening from the Meaning Crisis - The Symbol, Sacredness, and the Sacred

Recommended by

Iain McGilchrist

as extraordinarily good books on the topic of metaphors.

Understanding The Matter with Things Dialogues Episode 18: Chapter 18 - The untimely demise of intuition

Mentioned by

Tristan Harris

in the context of persuasive technology and its influence on user behavior.

GOP's "Black Nazi" Porn Posting, Instagram's New Rules, and Tristan Harris's Guide to Humane Technology

Mentioned by

Julia Galef

when explaining the origin of the "soldier mindset" metaphor.

536: Julia Galef | Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't

Mentioned as authors of books on conceptual metaphors.

Metaphor E3: Chaotic Waters

Mentioned by

Laura Otis

as researchers who study how descriptions of bodily positions help us to form concepts and metaphors.

Laura Otis, "Banned Emotions: How Metaphors Can Shape What People Feel" (Oxford UP, 2019)

Mentioned by

Perry Link

as a highly influential book that inspired his exploration of conceptual metaphors in language.

Perry Link, “An Anatomy of Chinese: Rhythm, Metaphor, Politics” (Harvard UP, 2013)

Mentioned by

Morten Christiansen

in relation to metaphors we live by.

Archive: The Psychology of Language, with Morten Christiansen and Nick Chater

Mentioned in relation to the impact of implicit metaphors on understanding.

E47: Oops! The Winston W. Royce Story

Mentioned by

Michael Garfield

when discussing the role of metaphors in shaping thought.

📚🧙🏼‍♂️🦾 232 - Myth & Magic in Technological Metamodernism

Recommended by

Matt Mullenweg

for understanding how metaphors shape our communication and thinking.

#420: Books I've Loved — Matt Mullenweg

Mentioned by

Jeff Breau

as an example of how we live by metaphors.

PT 605 - Jeff Breau - Exploring Psychedelic Churches at Harvard Divinity School

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