Transcript of "Metaphor and War - The Metaphor System Used to Justify War in the Gulf," a paper read by Lakoff at UC Berkeley on Jan. 30, 1991.

Read a contemporary theory on metaphor from this renowned Berkeley linguist. Explore motivation, duality, event structure and Searle's Theory.

Essay by the acclaimed linguist and cognitive scientist uses metaphor to explain "why conservatives have left liberals in the dust."

Lakoff writes about the metaphorical models of the self inherent in the human conceptual system. Includes acknowledgements and a background.

Read Lakoff's view of conceptual categories and how it differs from the objectivist view. Learn what his view suggests about human reason.