George Lakoff

George Lakoff has retired as Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley. His newest book "The Neural Mind" is now available.

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The Price of Our Freedom

June 30, 2013 By George Lakoff in Obama, Political Tags: Democracy, Freedom, Metaphor

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By George Lakoff

“Are we prepared to say that such violence visited on our children year after year after year is somehow the price of our freedom?” — Barack Obama, Newtown Address, December 16, 2012

That sentence, uttered by President Obama in his Newtown Address, may turn out to be a turning point in American history. Continue reading →

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George Lakoff

George Lakoff is the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley, where he taught from 1972 to 2016.

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Books

Where Mathematics Come From
Where Mathematics Come From: How The Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics Into Being
Political Mind
The Political Mind: A Cognitive Scientist’s Guide to Your Brain and Its Politics
The ALL NEW Don't Think of an Elephant
The ALL NEW Don’t Think of an Elephant!
Whose Freedom?
Whose Freedom? The Battle Over America’s Most Important Idea
Philosophy in the Flesh
Philosophy in the Flesh: The Embodied Mind and Its Challenge to Western Thought
Moral Politics
Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think
Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal about the Mind
Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal about the Mind
Metaphors We Live By
Metaphors We Live By
Thinking Points
Thinking Points: Communicating Our American Values and Vision

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