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Korzybski

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Korzybski
Alfred (Habdank Skarbek). 1879--1950, US originator of the theory and study of general semantics, born in Poland


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Then came Shera's most visible piece on "social epistemology" in the form of an Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture and Colloquium at the Institute of General Semantics in Lakeville, Connecticut.
Korzybski, Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics, 5th edition, Institute of General Semantics (1994).
Alfred Korzybski, in "Science and Sanity" (1933), pointed out that either/or options contribute to maladjustments or "unsanity" by making us blind to all the possibilities both outside as well as in between the two options.
 
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