THE SHIELD OF PERSEUS.

The article focuses on the concept of abstracting in general semantics, exploring how we relate to and understand our environment. It examines Polish-American philosopher, Alfred Korzybski's structural differential model, which visualizes how we abstract information from reality, and compares it wit...

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Published in:	ETC: A Review of General Semantics Vol. 81; no. 3; pp. 261 - 270
Main Author:	STRATE, LANCE
Format:	Article
Published:	Institute of General Semantics, Inc. Jul2024
Subjects:	Abstracting General semantics Korzybski, Alfred, 1879-1950 Philosophers Plato, 428-347 B.C.
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	The article focuses on the concept of abstracting in general semantics, exploring how we relate to and understand our environment. It examines Polish-American philosopher, Alfred Korzybski's structural differential model, which visualizes how we abstract information from reality, and compares it with Greek philosopher, Plato's allegory of the cave, which illustrates the human process of understanding objective reality versus subjective perception.