In Let the Cow Wander, the author argues that metaphors inform our conceptual spheres and are in turn informed by them. The book begins with a discussion of metaphor, model, and conceptual sphere, followed by an investigation into Vedic and Advaitic sacred texts and by generalizations on religious explanation and practice.
In Let the Cow Wander, the author argues that metaphors inform our conceptual spheres and are in turn informed by them. The book begins with a discuss...
About the Allies' victory in the Pacific in WWII, it goes almost without question that Japan's defeat was inevitable in the face of overwhelming American military might and economic power. But the outcome, Michael W. Myers contends, was actually anything but inevitable. This book is Myers's thorough and deeply informed explanation of how contingent the "foregone conclusion" of the war in the Pacific really was. However disproportionate their respective resources, both Japan and the Allied forces confronted significant obstacles to ultimate victory. One the two sides shared, Myers shows,...
About the Allies' victory in the Pacific in WWII, it goes almost without question that Japan's defeat was inevitable in the face of overwhelming Ameri...
