by George Lakoff (Author), Mark Johnson (Author) - Metaphors We Live By Reviews Summary
Ratings Breakdown
Rated 4.5 by 914 people
Pros from Reviews
- Intellectually honest
- Deals with commonsense notions
- Provides numerous examples of metaphors
- Discusses orientational metaphors
- Incorporates philosophy, psychology, and scientific reasoning
- Lends structure to concepts
- Fundamental knowledge on metaphors
- Provides evidence and convincing arguments
Cons from Reviews
- Expands simple idea through fuzziness
- Uses new jargon that is not adequately defined
- Claims concepts like UP-DOWN are universal
- Metaphors can create a new reality
- Authors' view on truth is unclear
- Authors assert there are no absolute truths
- Authors' argument falters on objective truth
- Ultimate argument says too little or too much
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