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Peer reviewedBerger, Irwin – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1974
Examines the hypothesis of general semantics that controlling language-influenced misconceptions and misperceptions of reality will enhance emotional and intellectual efficiency. (RB)
Descriptors: Creativity, Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Language Usage
Peer reviewedShearring, H. A. – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1973
Discusses the numbing of creativity our society encourages and suggests elements of a creative behavior program that aims to increase the creative behavior of adults. (TO)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Creativity, Creativity Research
Peer reviewedSturgis, Norman – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1971
Author believes that more general semanticists today have lost touch with the possibilities Korzybski opened to human beings, primarily that of liberating the self" from predetermined concepts and conditioned responses which hold mankind back from total freedom and fulfillment. Characterizing most semanticists as cerebral computers sans…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Conditioning
