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    Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics Sixth Edition
    Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics Sixth Edition
    Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics Sixth Edition
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    Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics Sixth Edition

    By Alfred Korzybski and Lance Strate

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    The classic work by Alfred Korzybski that introduces his new discipline of general semantics, now in a sixth edition. Based on scientific method, Korzybski presents readers with the idea of non-aristotelian perspectives and systems as a parallel to non-newtonian physics and non-euclidean geometry as the basis of new ways of thinking in general t

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe Institute of General Semantics
    Release dateNov 30, 2023
    ISBN9781970164244
    Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics Sixth Edition

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