This reminds me of the Ladder of Abstraction in General Semantics: moving up the levels of abstraction to talk about things in general, and moving down to clarify the details that make up each generalisation
Good point, thanks. Much of this was inspired by lectures and high-level reading I’ve witnessed around General Semantics. By chance do you recommend any resources in the area? I’ve found the area somewhat difficult to penetrate.
Best thing I’ve read is Language in Thought and Action by Hayakawa. I found it explained the concepts much more clearly than Koryzbski’s writings.
Drive Yourself Sane is meant to be an intro to GS and has good reviews. I can’t remember much of it as read it >7 years ago, however I recall it didn’t do as much for me as Hayakawa’s book
This reminds me of the Ladder of Abstraction in General Semantics: moving up the levels of abstraction to talk about things in general, and moving down to clarify the details that make up each generalisation
Good point, thanks. Much of this was inspired by lectures and high-level reading I’ve witnessed around General Semantics. By chance do you recommend any resources in the area? I’ve found the area somewhat difficult to penetrate.
Agreed on GS being on the opaque side!
Best thing I’ve read is Language in Thought and Action by Hayakawa. I found it explained the concepts much more clearly than Koryzbski’s writings.
Drive Yourself Sane is meant to be an intro to GS and has good reviews. I can’t remember much of it as read it >7 years ago, however I recall it didn’t do as much for me as Hayakawa’s book