On the charges of neologisms for old ideas and the repetitive claims, my recollection is that those were intentional moves on Korzybski’s part.
The repetition was to develop semantic habits—to actually change people. The neologisms were for creating new semantic habits, without carrying the semantic baggage of the old terms for the “same” ideas into the new.
On the charges of neologisms for old ideas and the repetitive claims, my recollection is that those were intentional moves on Korzybski’s part.
The repetition was to develop semantic habits—to actually change people. The neologisms were for creating new semantic habits, without carrying the semantic baggage of the old terms for the “same” ideas into the new.