Women, fire, and dangerous things
what categories reveal about the mind
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Author
Publication
1990 - University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois
Language
English
Word Count
153,500 words, Guess
Page Count
614 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivewomenfiredangero00lako_379
- Internet Archivewomenfiredangero00lako_787
- Internet Archivewomenfiredangero00lako_924
- ISBN-100226468046
- ISBN-139780226468044
and 5 more
- Goodreads53336
- WikidataQ8031268
- OCLC Control Number25487000
- Better World Books9780226468044
- Open LibraryOL17134554M
Classifications
- LCCP37
- DDC401/.9
- LCCP37 .L344 1987
Description
Focusing on studies of how humans categorize objects and ideas, this book examines the new understanding of human thought which proposes that human reason is imaginative, metaphorical, and intrinsically linked with the human body.
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- Women, fire, and dangerous things: what categories reveal about the mind
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