Alfred Korzybski
Philosopher, Author
1879 – 1950
Who was Alfred Korzybski?
Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski was a Polish-American philosopher and scientist. He is remembered for developing the theory of general semantics. Korzybski's work argued that human knowledge of the world is limited both by the human nervous system and by the structure of language.
Korzybski thought that people do not have access to direct knowledge of reality; rather they have access to perceptions and to a set of beliefs which human society has confused with direct knowledge of reality. Korzybski is remembered as the author of the dictum: "The map is not the territory".
Famous Quotes:
- The map is not the territory.
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- Born
- Jul 3, 1879
Warsaw - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Warsaw University of Technology
- Died
- Mar 1, 1950
Lakeville
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on July 23, 2013
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