George Lakoff · 1980
A linguistics and philosophy book arguing that human conceptual systems and everyday language are fundamentally metaphorical.
David Robertson values that it helps students examine the everyday language and metaphors they use and what they communicate.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“And then they read the words we use of Jackson and McAuliffe because, you know, the metaphors we live by,…”
Why: It helps students examine the everyday language and metaphors they use and what they communicate.
David Robertson, Guest on Conversations with TylerDavid Robertson on Conducting, Pierre Boulez, and Musical Interpretation
Other books cited in the same episodes.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Discussed together in: David Robertson on Conducting, Pierre Boulez, and Musical Interpretation (Conversations with Tyler)
After Babel
George Steiner
Discussed together in: David Robertson on Conducting, Pierre Boulez, and Musical Interpretation (Conversations with Tyler)
Proust and the Squid
Maryanne Wolf
Discussed together in: David Robertson on Conducting, Pierre Boulez, and Musical Interpretation (Conversations with Tyler)
The Classical Style
Charles Rosen
Discussed together in: David Robertson on Conducting, Pierre Boulez, and Musical Interpretation (Conversations with Tyler)