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Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind by George Lakoff

Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind

George Lakoff
University of Chicago Press; 1st edition
May 1987
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A sweeping critique of the assumptions the mind makes, of how humans tend to categorize objects and ideas, and of the implications of these modes of thought. Illustrated.
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