Philosophy
Science and Sanity
by Alfred Korzybski · 1984
★4.65
Science and Sanity
10 Takeaways: 1) The Human Distinction: Time-Binding and Abstracting
Key Insight 1: The Human Distinction: Time-Binding and Abstracting
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Key Insight 2: Beyond Aristotle: A Non-Elementalistic System for Sanity
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Key Insight 3: Language as a Map, Not the Territory
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Key Insight 4: The Peril of Identification: Un-sanity and Mis-evaluation
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Key Insight 5: Consciousness of Abstracting: The Path to Human Adjustment
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Key Insight 6: Multiordinal Terms: Navigating Semantic Ambiguity
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Key Insight 7: The Power of Structure: Learning from Mathematics and Science
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Key Insight 8: Natural Order of Evaluation: A Physiological Imperative
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Key Insight 9: Infantilism in Adults: The Cost of Primitive Thinking
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Key Insight 10: Neuro-Semantic Reactions: The Body-Mind Connection
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