Korzybski, Sanity, & Mathematical Language

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[gerontodon]

Saying 'this is not a pen' whilst holding up a pen is a bit self-contradictory, because by saying 'this' (which I think is a pronoun here)', you've already said 'here is a bit of reality that the language I'm using objectifies', and in the language you''re using, it's a pen.

[Professoranton]

@gerontodon Agreed on the "this" issue. Korzybski unfortunately trades upon something akin to a signifier/signified distinction rather than a theory of indexicals as implied in Jakobson and Peirce by their tri-part sign distinction of index, icon, symbol. Thanks.

[AnomalousDataPoint]

Science and Sanity is quite difficult to get hold of,, when I was looking for a copy there were only very heavily marked up second hand copies on Amazon etc., however I found the Institute of General Semantics still had some in stock at a reasonable price.

[Professoranton]

@AnomalousDataPoint The best place to buy copies is from the IGS directly. Science and Sanity has a Fifth Edition.

[Foxsbiscuits]

Really enjoyed your summary, I have just started science and sanity and your commentary was worth watching, you have a good understanding of the principles and I imagine you apply it to good effect.

[Zachdudeio2]

Are the prefaces important to read? I am finding them hard to read through.

[natmanprime]

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[erdal0]

I appreciate your recommendations of books. Please do this more often :) Educate us!

[masluxx]

Ok, i will start right now, i have my dictionary and i will set forth erasing all the definitions. What then shall i do with this book list or random letters placed together in short groups that lack any rhyme nor reason nor pattern other then an alphabet order. How will i use this other then to keep a door closed or papers with other scribbles and no definitions from blowing in the winds. And to think it was once only used to keep the meaning of words from blowing in the winds of time.

[rainydays137]

I think what you are saying is only possible not as a non-identification with the words per-say, but with the linguistic thoughts themselves. Which without being able to control that flow of thought, at least sufficiently to turn it off, would be such a mentally taxing effort as to be untenable as a continuous state of mind.

[yoseph89]

@gerontodon The only way he could have demonstrated his point outside of vocal language would be too take the pen and throw it at the camera or something, and people are not with themselves enough to understand a video of only isolated sound and image. If he did that he would probably make little sense to his viewers.  He would not be able to give his elaborate blurbs. He would be, perhaps, practicing Zen with the camera going lol. Maybe that would be a good video...

[parkerjwill]

@Melki Is the word/symbol "God" distasteful to you? If so, I understand why, it was for me too.

[Melki]

@parkerjwill thanks for your replies