[ALOUD] at Central Library
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 7:00 PM
GEORGE LAKOFF
The Political Mind: A Cognitive Scientist's Guide
to Your Brain and Its Politics
to Your Brain and Its Politics
ShareIn conversation with Ian Masters, host of Background Briefing on KPFK 90.7 FM
One of the world's best-known cognitive scientists explains why understanding language is critical in politics and why Reason is not as reasonable as we thought.
George Lakoff is Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at UC Berkeley and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He is author of the New York Times bestseller Don't Think of an Elephant!, Moral Politics, Whose Freedom?, and many books and articles on cognitive science and linguistics.
Ian Masters is a BBC-trained broadcast journalist who has covered national security affairs for over 25 years on public radio. He is the host of "Background Briefing" and "Live from the Left Coast" on KPFK (90.7FM) Sundays, noon to 1PM. Programs recently described by the LA Times as "considerably more ambitious and frequently more illuminating than such Sunday morning television fare as NBC's Meet the Press and ABC's This Week With George Stephanopoulos."
www.ianmasters.org
