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Over at The Quarterly Conversation, I've written a review of George Lakoff's book Whose Freedom?
In case my personal politics haven't come through in my CogDaily posts (and I do make an effort to assume a neutral perspective here), you'll get a good sense of my views in this review, where I point…
At last, someone demolishes the bad cognitive science and even worse political science being peddled by George Lakoff. If the Democrats really think that calling income taxes "community dues" or "membership fees" will help them retake the White House, then God help us all, because Rove is going to…
Apparently, there is a big debate between Pinker and Lakoff going on. Both of new Lakoff's books are still on my wish list, i.e., I have not read them yet and I have been out of the Lakoffian loop for a while - too much other stuff is vying for my attention these days.
But I have read the two…
George Lakoff has published two new political books, Whose Freedom?: The Battle Over America's Most Important Idea, and Thinking Points: Communicating Our American Values and Vision, as follow ups to his Moral Politics and Don't Think of an Elephant. I haven't read either of the new books (my New…