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	General Semantics -- Korzybski
		The term general semantics originated with Alfred Korzybski in 1933 as the name for a general theory of evaluation, which in application turned out to be an empirical science, giving methods for general human adjustment in our private, public, and professional lives.
		General observations of daily human reactions demonstrate that many 'normal' persons are disoriented in space-time in varying degrees.
		Physicians familiar with general semantics have often treated such cases successfully, applying these new extensional methods in psycho-therapy to eliminate identification of the past with the present, etc., thus re-orienting the individual in space-time.
	www.gestalt.org /semantic.htm (2317 words)

	General Semantics
		General Semantics is a school of thought founded by Alfred Korzybski in about 1933 in response to his observations that most people had difficulty defining human and social discussions and problems and could almost never predictably resolve them into elements that were responsive to successful intervention or correction.
		One discovery of General Semantics was of the role of magic in popular culture, especially notable in the use of incantations as political and advertising slogans.
		General Semantics teaches that all linguistic representations discard most of reality ("The map is not the territory; the word is not the thing defined.") and in particular that much un-sanity is caused by adherence to the Aristotelian representation of two-valued either-or logic, which Korzybski saw as being built into Indo-European language structures.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ge/General_Semantics.html (563 words)

	AllRefer.com - semantics (Language And Linguistics) - Encyclopedia
		The field of semantics has three basic concerns: the relations of words to the objects denoted by them, the relations of words to the interpreters of them, and, in symbolic logic, the formal relations of signs to one another (syntax).
		In linguistics, semantics has its beginnings in France and Germany in the 1820s when the meanings of words as significant features in the growth of language was recognized.
		A related discipline, general semantics (so called to distinguish it from semantics in linguistics or philosophy), studies the ways in which meanings of words influence human behavior.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/semantic.html (660 words)

	General Semantics and Evolution.
		General Semantics is a school of language theory which has many implications for the study of human behavior.
		General Semantics stresses that imprecise communication is at the core of many human difficulties It is either at the root or a major component in marriage, job and even mental problems.
		The philosophy of General Semantics stresses that the key to both mental and physical adjustment is understanding the contrast between the mine of mankind, and the brain of animals (Chisholm 945).
	www.creationism.org /csshs/v13n2p16.htm (4590 words)

	general semantics
		As a theory, general semantics "is" a forerunner of genetic epistemology.
		General semantics views the world as multi-dimensional, multi-causal, and multi-level, and that organisms can never be isolated from their environments.
		The primary application of general semantics is in training individuals to view their environments using the general semantics world view, to think in terms of levels of abstraction, to use the extensional devices, to become aware of making assumptions, to extensionally check them out, and to be prepared for them to be wrong.
	www.xenodochy.org /gs (1273 words)

	General Semantics, The Cult
		General Semantics per the current edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica is, "a philosophy of language-meaning that was developed by Alfred Korzybski (1879-1950), a Polish-American scholar, and furthered by S.I. Hayakawa, Wendell Johnson, and others; it is the study of language as a representation of reality..."
		General Semantics is also the name given to a movement or cult that developed around the ideas of the founder, Korzybski.
		General Semantics was an intellectual fad in the late 1930's and '40's.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/6760 (423 words)

	About General-Semantics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		General semantics is not any `philosophy,' or `psychology,' or `logic,' in the ordinary sense.
		General semantics may be regarded as a systematic attempt to formulate the general method of science in such a way that it might be applied not only in a few restricted areas of human experience, but generally in daily life.
		General semantics can be viewed as a program of guided awareness, of educated consciousness of what is going on in the world and within ourselves.
	www.driveyourselfsane.com /gsarticles/aboutgeneral-semantics.html (471 words)

	General Semantics Instruction and Student Alienation
		Having described the basic indicators of alienation and the impact on adolescents, it is important to know that some researchers believe instruction in general semantics is one way to help alienated students curb their disruptive behaviors and better cope with school and life overall.
		Proponents of general semantics instruction believe that it significantly reduces student alienation and alienated students who receive general semantics instruction experience an increased awareness of the interesting, fundamental relationships between all fields of study and experience a greater appreciation for human worth and mutual cooperation (Lauer, p.
		The tenets of general semantics and what general semantics instruction does for alienated students support the research of Aviles, Guerrero, Howarth, and Thomas (1999), that says "the key to improving the educational or occupation opportunities" for students in general "lies in shifting from a deficit perspective to one of empowerment" (p.
	www.ncpublicschools.org /schoolimprovement/effective/briefs/gsi-sa (1220 words)

	ESGS General Semantics page
		In United States, general semantics is 60 years old and it is taught in some schools and universities.
		The Institute of General Semantics (IGS) organise each year some week-end seminars and an advanced training seminars of 5 days, for those who are looking for teacher's certification in general semantics.
		The mastery of general semantics demanding several years of practice, the existence of an association devoted to that purpose is indispensable.
	www.esgs.org /uk/gs.htm (792 words)

	Institute of General Semantics: Pula, GS Bibliography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		General semantics, begun with Korzybski's definition of humans as time-binders in 1921, presented as a system/discipline in 1933, has, in the last six decades, become a field.
		Nevertheless, I recommend that serious (not somber) students of general semantics study (evaluate) at least a few surveys of the history of philosophy, the development of scientific paradigms (Ptolemy/Aristotle-Copernicus/Galileo, Newton, Einstein,...) to get some perspective of where we fit (and don't fit) in the evolution of human formulating.
		For those who prefer their general semantics in Italian, there is a translation (Lineamenti di Semantica Generale) by Massimo Baldini, with an introduction by Francesco Barone, published by Armando Armando (sic) in Rome.
	learn-gs.org /library/rpp-bib.htm (7808 words)

	GeneralSemantics < Libarynth < Libarynth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		General Semantics can be defined in many ways.
		When our semantic habits are out-dated, not consistent with the world as we understand it today, we pre-judge, mis-evaluate, draw false inferences, jump to conclusions, mis-label and often fail to understand each other.
		With improved semantic habits should come a heightened awareness that all fields of study are fundamentally related and basically interesting.
	libarynth.f0.am /cgi-bin/view/Libarynth/GeneralSemantics (2328 words)

	ThisIsNotThat.com: General Semantics Seminar Report
		I was introduced to general semantics during a graduate course in linguistics at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth in 1979.
		I understood that applying general semantics to better communicate with others could certainly be important: to be aware of the inferences we make as distinct from facts; to be aware of what, within ourselves, we're reacting to when we respond to someone's words or actions; to be inquisitive and open-minded in our conversations with others.
		The discussion of planetary orbits also caused me to think about general semantics as an alternative orientation to what could be considered, for lack of a formal label, to be the "Common Sense, Conventional Wisdom Orientation", or CSCWO.
	thisisnotthat.com /classes/ssw_94.html (3393 words)

	Semantics - What is "Behind" that Word ?
		The system was designed as a general theory of sanity -- toward continuing improvements in all areas of human interactions and relationships.
		From a general point of view, one need not be a scientist to have a scientific orientation.
		The sharing of ideas, insights, information, knowledge, etc., between individuals, and across generations, and the resulting exponential increase of knowledge, are fundamental features of scientific and mathematical activities.
	www.skysite.org /word.html (1489 words)

	Nicholas Johnson, General Semantics and Departments of Communication
		It is difficult enough to explain general semantics over the course of a semester to a lecture hall of undergraduates — and in those days the popularity of the courses was such that they did need to be taught in large lecture halls.
		General semantics concerns itself with the impact of language on human behavior.
		The principles of general semantics are useful in every field of human endeavor and academic study from anthropology to zoology, from psychiatry to prison wardens, from advertising to journalism, from the practice of medicine to the practice of law.
	www.uiowa.edu /~cyberlaw/ucsd/gsdocomm.html (798 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for semantics
		semantics SEMANTICS [semantics] [Grsignificant] in general, the study of the relationship between words and meanings.
		In his system, which he called General Semantics, Korzybski aimed at a distinction between the word and the object it describes and between the individual objects all described by the same word,
		He is best known for his Essai de semantique (1897), which gave great impetus to scientific interest in the field of semantics.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=semantics (603 words)

	Metaphysical Semantics and the Paradox of Science
		Over the centuries semantics was, and still is, a profoundly complex undertaking, one which demands that different traditional meanings also be considered (sociolinguistics).
		Religions have merely generated concepts of what this all means… they have taken this mysterious reality and, from a handful of beliefs, extrapolated their theories.
		As in cause and effect, the cause is the generated energy of an ethereal force.
	www.matrixbookstore.biz /semantics.htm (3896 words)

	Heinlein General Semantics Information
		Last fall, the Institute for General Semantics asked Steve Stockdale, one of its Board Trustees (and a personal friend of mine), to organize and catalogue the Institute’s archives and library.
		Heinlein’s connection with Korzybski and with General Semantics has gained much notice in the SF world and among General Semantics people, but—until Steve’s cataloguing effort—the documentary record has been overlooked or neglected.
		General Semantics concepts and references (obvious and sometimes not-so-obvious) crop up frequently in Heinlein’s works, letters, and conversations.
	www.heinleinsociety.org /rah/history/GeneralSemanticsInfo.html (1297 words)

	Institute of General Semantics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Institute of General Semantics (IGS) is a not-for-profit corporation established in 1938 by Alfred Korzybski, located in Fort Worth, Texas.
		ETC: A Review of General Semantics, a quarterly journal printed since 1943, distributed to IGS members and subscribed to by over 350 libraries around the world.
		The General Semantics Bulletin, the yearbook of the Institute published since 1950.
	www.generalsemantics.org (200 words)

	Communication Theory: A First Look
		General semantics departs from this descriptive stance by urging us to alter the structure of language so that our word usage matches the clarity of scientific inquiry in mapping out reality.
		Their sweeping generalities are long on emotional flavor but short on content, and the result is a dull flatness that bores all but a few enthusiasts.
		Despite the rather bizarre roots of general semantics, its adherents have pulled together an impressive cluster of observations about the use and misuse of language.
	www.afirstlook.com /archive/gensem.cfm?source=archther (3233 words)

	A. E. Van Vogt and General Semantics
		A better introduction can be found on the pages of the Institute of General Semantics that was founded by Alfred Korzybski and incorporated in 1938.
		Institute of General Semantics (IGS) was founded by Korzybski and incorporated in 1938.
		The International Society for General Semantics (ISGS) was founded in 1943 by S. Hayakawa and is also very active today.
	www.roger-russell.com /sffun/nulla.htm (2678 words)

	Glossary: Null-A & General Semantics
		The results were, in general, earth-shattering, because it granted those successfully exposed direct experience of nonlinear cognition — a key precursor to active semantic generalism.
		The reason is that we are ‘moving this way’ by cultivating distinction and specificity — and this process is exponentially generative of reflective children of itself, each of which beg exploration and further reproduction in the wake of their genesis.
		Noticing this is the beginning of general semantics, which implies that our mode of framing and delineating relation generates the character and prowess of our formulations.
	www.organelle.org /organelle/glossary/unA2.html (4647 words)

	Lamson Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Semantics; An Interdisciplinary Reader In Philosophy, Linguistics And Psychology.
		The Semantic Tradition From Kant To Carnap : To The Vienna Station
		Realms Of Meaning; A Philosophy Of The Curriculum For General Education
	www.plymouth.edu /library/opac/subjkey/semantics (96 words)

	nthposition online magazine: General Semantics and the Chicken Suit Murders - The hypnotic realities of Dr Ronald Dante ...
		He is purported to have influenced the greatest minds of his generation, and is often quoted as saying ‘you think as much with your big toe as with your brain.’ William S Burroughs attended Korzybski’s lectures in Chicago in the late 1930s.
		One night the fake doctor of semantics strode, elegantly dressed, into a disco called The Candy Store and met a broken down actress coming off her sixth messy divorce and a failed TV series.
		I discovered other ‘General Semantics’ organizations and websites, each purporting to be the correct one, like so many Dean’s and Dante’s, but Dean (as Berman) also seemed to be connected to another website called the Institute of General Semantics (IGS) and was evidently a past president.
	www.nthposition.com /generalsemanticsand.php (4440 words)

	Semantics
		Every sentence is full of ambiguities which you must resolve using your knowlege of sentence structure, word structure, and semantics.
		General semantics is a forerunner of genetic epistemology.
		A very elementary introduction to lexical semantics for first-year undergraduates, but it uses a lot of WG ideas (and notations).
	www.inneans.com /arts/Semantics.html (120 words)

	2006-04-23: Jim French and Jeremy Klein, General Semantics
		The basic principles of general semantics, which include time-binding, are outlined in Science and Sanity, published in 1933.
		In simplified form, the "essence" of Korzybski's work was the claim that human beings are limited in what they know by (1) the structure of their nervous systems, and (2) the structure of their languages.
		The three major premises of the system are (1) the map is not the territory, (2) the map does not show all of the territory, and (3) the map is self-reflexive.
	www.hagsa.org /meetings/2006/20060423.html (786 words)

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		As he writes, in his conclusion, the basis of this complementary relationship is that "…both general semantics and Buddhism focus on the search for truth and self-realization, self-discovery, and self-awareness…." His goal is to place Buddhism under the lens of general semantics and thereby find new ways for understanding the Buddha's teachings.
		Buddhist General Semantics is an exploration into the relationship of one’s internal and external experiences and how it can establish a greater understanding of the theories and practice of Buddhism.
		Through the use of general semantics, Khai Thien presents a clear and honest process we must undergo to grasp the true nature of ourselves, hence creating a profound awareness of the connection between our consciousness and reality.
	www.quangduc.com /English/philosophy/15BuddhistGeneralSemantics.html (1296 words)

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