General Semantics

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:academic
gptkb:logic
gptkbp:aimsTo improve human evaluation and communication
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:linguist
lack of scientific rigor
overgeneralization
gptkbp:developedBy gptkb:Alfred_Korzybski
gptkbp:firstPublished 1933
gptkbp:focusesOn relationship between language, meaning, and behavior
gptkbp:hasConcept abstraction
non-Aristotelian logic
the map is not the territory
time-binding
gptkbp:hasJournal gptkb:ETC:_A_Review_of_General_Semantics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Semantics
gptkbp:influenced linguistics
philosophy of language
communication studies
cognitive behavioral therapy
media ecology
gptkbp:languageOfOrigin English
gptkbp:majorWork gptkb:Science_and_Sanity
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Irving_J._Lee
gptkb:S._I._Hayakawa
gptkb:Samuel_Ichiye_Hayakawa
gptkb:Stuart_Chase
gptkb:Wendell_Johnson
gptkbp:organization gptkb:Institute_of_General_Semantics
gptkbp:relatedConcept gptkb:neuro-linguistic_programming
gptkb:Korzybski's_structural_differential
critical thinking
rational emotive behavior therapy
semantic reactions
gptkbp:relatedTo semantics
semiotics
pragmatics
gptkbp:teaches awareness of abstraction levels
consciousness of abstracting
critical thinking about language
delayed reactions
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:psychotherapy
conflict resolution
education
media analysis
organizational communication
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Language_in_Action
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6