Metaphors We Live By with The Legendary George Lakoff

Today’s book is a classic.

It has changed our understanding of metaphor and its role in language and the mind.

Metaphor, our guest explains, is a fundamental mechanism of mind, one that allows us to use what we know about our physical and social experience to provide an understanding of countless other subjects.

Because such metaphors structure our most basic understandings of our experience, they are "metaphors we live by"—metaphors that can shape our perceptions and actions without our ever noticing them.

It is an immense honour and real treat to welcome the author of a plethora of titles including the focus of this episode: "Metaphors we Live By” with the brilliant George Lakoff

[spiralsun]

I met George Lakoff back in 1993 I think… I was heavily involved in metaphors and had been for a long time… 😊❤ I was in behavioral neuroscience at Emory University at the time. I wrote a comprehensive exam using a diagram for metaphors where “base metaphors” were in the brain and could be traced back into the brain. Then later George Lakoff wrote all about that. We talked about it a bit at Emory when we met. 😊❤

Now fast forward to now and my second book is “Eye of God: Language of Universal Mind” where metaphor is the foundation of reality. ❤ LOVE George and his work!!!! THANK YOU 🙏🏻 ❤ We can understand things outside the universe by metaphor. That’s our vehicle into black holes too. To understanding everything. We ARE living metaphors of larger things. Everything is. EVERYTHING. ❤

[zilolanurmatova]

Very wonderful and important ideas! I gained a deep knowledge of metaphor, understanding and using it. I will definitely use these ideas in my research work. I like your interview. Thank you very much!

[maghady]

Amazing interview. Very insightful talk .thx a lot .

[alibabaei]

Such a humble and adorable man... thanks alot for your great book, it helped me so much for my art philosophy master paper. I also chose metaphor as a subject for my research paper.

[kiwiopklompen]

Repeat: “Democracy needs to be based on empathy”. ❤

[MarkStensland-npxf]

Brilliant and inspiring convo! It would be fascinating to hear more about what you think about Paul Bloom’s ideas about empathy (Specifically, his book, “Against Empathy, ”….)…

[karanajaya]

What is main point of Metaphor we live by I have the book with me but I cannot find it I am from Indonesia