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03 Jul 1879
Alfred Korzybski |
birth Alfred Korzybski Born 3 Jul 1879; died 1 Mar 1950 at age 70. quotes Polish-born American scientist and philosopher. Korzybski was the originator of general semantics, a system of linguistic philosophy that attempts to increase humanity's capacity to transmit ideas from generation to generation (what Korzybski called man's "time-binding capacity") through the study and refinement of ways of using and reacting to language. |
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