num_pages: 632
description: "Its publication should be a major event for cognitive linguistics and should pose a major challenge for cognitive science. In addition, it should have repercussions in a variety of disciplines, ranging from anthropology and psychology to epistemology and the philosophy of science. . . . Lakoff asks: What do categories of language and thought reveal about the human mind? Offering both general theory and minute details, Lakoff shows that categories reveal a great deal."—David E. Leary, American Scientist
language: English
title: Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind
titlecomplete: Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind
genres: Academic, Gender, Language, Philosophy, Science, Linguistics, Psychology, Nonfiction, Sociology, Anthropology
ratings_count: 1049
publisher: University of Chicago Press