Give the Gift of Books by your Professors 

Professors from UC Berkeley have been coming out with a few of books that sound like fairly interesting reading over the holiday break.

The SF Chronicle recently reviewed a book by John Searle called Mind: A Brief Introduction (links cribbed from the UC Berkeley Livejournal community), a book about various philosophies on the mind such as dualism and behaviorism.

A lot of talk has centered around Cognitive Science Prof. George Lakoff's Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate--The Essential Guide for Progressives. In the book, Lakoff discusses the language that conservatives have been using has framed arguments in their favor and has allowed them to win. A story on the book and its ideas was in the Sacramento Bee.Email This Post!