Humans are unique among all other species in having one cognitive attribute-the ability, almost without conscious effort, to engage in blending. This is the fir

Originally published in 1948. In the first essay of this collection, Lovejoy reflects on the nature, methods, and difficulties of the historiography of ideas. H

For centuries philosophers have attempted to derive concepts from perceptual representations but have failed to explain how the mind generates the building bloc

We humans pride ourselves on our capacity to have ideas, but perhaps this pride is misplaced. Perhaps ideas have us. After all, ideas do appear to have a life o