This thoroughly revised edition remains the most reliable short introduction to general semantics now available. The remarkable system of thought founded by Alfred Korzybski is based on a careful study of human behavior and scientific problem-solving, bridging applied psychology and practical philosophy.
This thoroughly revised edition remains the most reliable short introduction to general semantics now available. The remarkable system of thought foun...
This second edition, published in response to the recent Korzybski revival, adds new introductory material and a revised index, providing an accessible introduction to Korzybski's arguments concerning the need for a non-Aristotelian approach to knowledge, thought, perception, and language, to coincide with non-Newtonian physics and non-Euclidean geometries.
This second edition, published in response to the recent Korzybski revival, adds new introductory material and a revised index, providing an accessibl...
"Selections from Science and Sanity" represents Korzybski's authorized abridgement of his magnum opus, "Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics." It features new introductory material and a revised index.
"Selections from Science and Sanity" represents Korzybski's authorized abridgement of his magnum opus, "Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Ari...
"That's a crazy book " Albert Einstein said in the early 1950s, when asked his impression of Alfred Korzybski's 1933 work "Science and Sanity." More than a decade later, Richard Feynman found Korzybski's notion of "time-binding" crucial for answering the question "What is science?."
Feynman didn't know that it was Alfred Korzybski who had coined the term "time-binding" in his first, 1921, book "Manhood of Humanity" to label what he considered the defining characteristic of humans: the potential of each generation to start where the former leaves off and thus to accumulate useful knowledge...
"That's a crazy book " Albert Einstein said in the early 1950s, when asked his impression of Alfred Korzybski's 1933 work "Science and Sanity." More t...
"That's a crazy book " Albert Einstein said in the early 1950s, when asked his impression of Alfred Korzybski's 1933 work "Science and Sanity." More than a decade later, Richard Feynman found Korzybski's notion of "time-binding" crucial for answering the question "What is science?."
Feynman didn't know that it was Alfred Korzybski who had coined the term "time-binding" in his first, 1921, book "Manhood of Humanity" to label what he considered the defining characteristic of humans: the potential of each generation to start where the former leaves off and thus to accumulate useful knowledge...
"That's a crazy book " Albert Einstein said in the early 1950s, when asked his impression of Alfred Korzybski's 1933 work "Science and Sanity." More t...
