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Article: Sigma-EOS: a fourth non-Aristotelian model.
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- ETC.: A Review of General Semantics
- Article date:
- September 22, 1998
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1. Introduction: Various Non-Aristotelian Models
Alfred Korzybski asserted that he "produced and formulated General Semantics as the foundation of the first non-Aristotelian system, based on the discovery of new relations, and so psycho-logical mechanisms." (Kendig, 1990; p. 816) Various people have commented on Korzybski's work, frequently working from a deficiency of understanding. This paper presents the foundations for a second non-Aristotelian system, congruent with the two models developed in varying degrees by Korzybski. Due to a significant shift in premises, it seems appropriate to consider this the beginning of a non-Aristotelian, but non-Korzybskian, ...