unfortunately never got to study the general semantics approach<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Karl Robillard <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:krobillard@san.rr.com">krobillard@san.rr.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Saturday, January 22, 2011 12:18:39 am Michel Bauwens wrote:<br>
&gt; I recently discovered the Human Givens approach of  Joe Griffen and<br>
&gt; MIndsfield college, <a href="http://vimeo.com/754995" target="_blank">http://vimeo.com/754995</a>. I see this as the first clear<br>
&gt; recognition of the relational embeddedness of the human, in a<br>
&gt; social,ecological and socio-political framework.<br>
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</div>This sounds similar to Alfred Korzybski&#39;s general semantics, in which<br>
structural relationships are a central theme.  Korzybski&#39;s book &#39;Science and<br>
Sanity&#39; is on the Zeitgeist recommended reading list.<br>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Korzybski" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Korzybski</a><br>
<a href="http://esgs.free.fr/uk/art/sands.htm" target="_blank">http://esgs.free.fr/uk/art/sands.htm</a><br>
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-Karl<br>
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