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Re: Alfred Korzybski
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Tresy Kilbourne <[log in to unmask]>
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The philosophy, work & influences of Noam Chomsky
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Wed, 15 Apr 1998 06:14:17 -0700
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Blarne Flinkard writes:

>Has anyone on this list ever heard of or know the extent of the influence
>of Alfred Korzybski and his efforts to develop and establish a system of
>non-aristotelian general semantics in his 1933 book _Science and Sanity_.
A friend of mine and Chomsky reader once wrote Noam asking his opinion of
AK. He wrote back that he thought he was basically a crank. Sorry I don't
have the friend handy to show me the letter now, because it went into
some detail.



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Tresy Kilbourne
Seattle WA
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