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ERIC Number: EJ514606
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0014-164X
What Is General Semantics?: A Personal View.
Johnston, Paul Dennithorne
ETC: A Review of General Semantics, v52 n3 p299-312 Fall 1995
Defines general semantics in accordance with the personal views of the author. Describes some guidelines, including tunnel vision, labels that limit, success and survival, beyond Aristotle, separation of word and thing, time-binding, abstracting, from experience to symbols, non-allness, and consciousness of context. Uses definitions and guidelines from Alfred Korzybski. (PA)
Publication Type: Reference Materials - General; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: General Semantics Paradigm (Korzybski); Korzybski (Alfred)
Note: Journal availability: Intl. Soc. for General Semantics, Box 728, Concord, CA 94522.