Criticisms of Lakoff's Theory of Metaphor
Peter Turney,
Apperceptual,
Sept 03, 2009
Nice list of books by George Lakoff, which I recommend (sadly, they're not available online or anything useful like that). This item focuses on the criticisms. For example, "Pinker agrees that metaphor is important, but he believes that abstraction is more important. He claims that abstraction captures the similarities and differences that are the basis of metaphor." That is, in my view, the nib of the debate. People who think similarity and metaphor are important (not the least because that's how the brain actually works) think that abstractions and universals are much less important.
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