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Monday Profile: Rafael E. Núñez

Posted in Anthropology, Cognitive Science, Conceptual Metaphor, Linguistics, Mathematics, Monday Profile, Neuroscience, Psychology, philosophy, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Rafael E. Núñez is a professor of cognitive science at the University of California, San Diego. He is, of course, a major proponent of embodied cognition and his monumental work, Where Mathematics Comes From: How the Embodied Mind Brings Mathematics into Being, written with George Lakoff, has revolutionized the understanding of mathematical cognition.
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Monday Profile: George Lakoff

Posted in Cognitive Science, Conceptual Metaphor, Linguistics, Mathematics, Monday Profile, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, philosophy, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »

If any single figure could be considered the guru for the current embodied philosophy movement, it has to be George Lakoff. Although technically a linguist, he is probably best known for his extensive interdisciplinary work in cognitive science, conceptual metaphor and politics. His published work includes the closest thing to a bible in the embodiment [...]

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