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Alfred Korzybski and General Semantics with Rolf Sattler (4K Reboot)
Rolf Sattler is emeritus professor of biology at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He is author of Organogenesis of Flowers, Biophilosophy: Analytic and Holistic Perspectives, and Science and Beyond: Toward Greater Sanity Through Science, Philosophy, Art, and Spirituality.
Here, he reviews the main themes expressed in Korzybski's General Semantics. He emphasizes the limits of language and images – and the limits of human perception itself. He points to unfortunate and sometimes disastrous situations that result when language is taken too literally. He reviews the importance of General…
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