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George Lakoff

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George Philip Lakoff is an American cognitive linguist and philosopher, best known for his thesis that people's lives are significantly influenced by the conceptual metaphors they use to explain complex phenomena.

Books

Metaphors We Live By
Metaphors We Live By
George Lakoff, Mark Johnson
Don't Think of an Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate
Don't Think of an Elephant! Know Your Values and Frame the Debate
George Lakoff
Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things
Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things
George Lakoff
Philosophy In The Flesh
Philosophy In The Flesh
George Lakoff
Moral Politics
Moral Politics
George Lakoff
Where Mathematics Comes From
Where Mathematics Comes From
George Lakoff, Rafael Nuñez
The ALL NEW Don't Think of an Elephant!
The ALL NEW Don't Think of an Elephant!
George Lakoff
Where Mathematics Come From How The Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics Into Being
Where Mathematics Come From How The Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics Into Being
George Lakoff, Rafael E. Nunez
The Political Mind
The Political Mind
George Lakoff
The political mind
The political mind
George Lakoff
Don't Think of an Elephant!
Don't Think of an Elephant!
George Lakoff
The Little Blue Book
The Little Blue Book
George Lakoff, Elisabeth Wehling
Metaforas de la vida cotidiana / Metaphors We Live By (Teorema / Theorem)
Metaforas de la vida cotidiana / Metaphors We Live By (Teorema / Theorem)
George Lakoff
Non pensare all'elefante!
Non pensare all'elefante!
George Lakoff
George Lakoff
الاستعارات التي نحيا بها
الاستعارات التي نحيا بها
George Lakoff
No pienses en un elefante. Lenguaje y debate político
No pienses en un elefante. Lenguaje y debate político
George Lakoff
Whose Freedom?
Whose Freedom?
George Lakoff
Your Brain's Politics
Your Brain's Politics
George Lakoff, Elisabeth Wehling
Auf leisen Sohlen ins Gehirn
Auf leisen Sohlen ins Gehirn
George Lakoff, Elisabeth Wehling
The All New Don't Think of an Elephant!
The All New Don't Think of an Elephant!
George Lakoff

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