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Alfred Korzybski

Alfred Korzybski
Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski ([kɔˈʐɨpski]; July 3, 1879 – March 1, 1950) was a Polish-American independent scholar who developed a field called general semantics, which he viewed as both distinct from, and more encompassing than, the field of semantics. He argued that human knowledge of the world is limited both by the human nervous system and the languages humans have developed, and thus no one can have direct access to reality, given that the most we can know is that which is filtered through the brain's responses to reality. His best known dictum is "The map is not the territory". Early life and career[edit] Korzybski was educated at the Warsaw University of Technology in engineering. During the First World War Korzybski served as an intelligence officer in the Russian Army. His first book, Manhood of Humanity, was published in 1921. General semantics[edit] He sought to train our awareness of abstracting, using techniques he had derived from his study of mathematics and science. Related:  Philosophy

Victor Kandinsky Victor Khrisanfovich Kandinsky (Russian: Виктор Хрисанфович Кандинский) (April 6, 1849, Byankino, Nerchinsky District, Siberia – July 3, 1889, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian psychiatrist, and was 2nd cousin to famed artist Wassily Kandinsky.[1] He was born in Siberia into a large family of extremely wealthy businessmen.[2] Victor Kandinsky was one of the famous figures in Russian psychiatry and most notable for his contributions to the understanding of hallucinations.[3] Biography[edit] He graduated from Moscow Imperial University Medical School in 1872 and started to work as a general practitioner in one of the hospitals in Moscow.[4] In 1878 he married his medical nurse Elizaveta Karlovna Freimut (Russian: Елизавета Карловна Фреймут).[4] In October 1878, Victor again entered a psychiatric hospital. In 1881, he moved to Saint Petersburg.[4] Kandinsky was a mental health worker employed by the Psychiatric Hospital of St. Kandinsky joined the St. Scientific contribution[edit] Works[edit]

General semantics General semantics is a program begun in the 1920s that seeks to regulate the evaluative operations performed in the human brain. After partial launches under the names "human engineering" and "humanology,"[1] Polish-American originator Alfred Korzybski[2] (1879–1950) fully launched the program as "general semantics" in 1933 with the publication of Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics. General semantics should not be confused with generalized semantics (a branch of linguistics). Misunderstandings traceable to the discipline's name have greatly complicated the program's history and development.[3] The sourcebook for general semantics, Science and Sanity, presents general semantics as both a theoretical and a practical system whose adoption can reliably alter human behavior in the direction of greater sanity. Its author asserted that general semantics training could eventually unify people and nations. Overview[edit] Extensional devices[edit]

Nikolai Berdyaev Berdyaev's grave, Clamart (France). Nikolai Alexandrovich Berdyaev (/bərˈdjɑːjɛf, -jɛv/;[1] Russian: Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Бердя́ев; March 18 [O.S. March 6] 1874 – March 24, 1948) was a Russian political and also Christian religious philosopher who emphasized the existential spiritual significance of human freedom and the human person. Alternate historical spellings of his name in English include "Berdiaev" and "Berdiaeff", and of his given name as "Nicolas" and "Nicholas". Biography[edit] Nikolai Berdyaev was born at Obukhiv,[2] Kiev Governorate in 1874, in an aristocratic military family.[3] His father, Alexander Mikhailovich Berdyaev, came from a long line of Kiev and Kharkiv nobility. Greatly influenced by Voltaire, his father was an educated man that considered himself a freethinker and expressed great skepticism towards religion. Berdyaev decided on an intellectual career and entered the Kiev University in 1894. In 1904, he married Lydia Yudifovna Trusheff. Philosophy[edit] Sources

Gouverner par le chaos Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Gouverner par le chaos - Ingénierie sociale et mondialisation est un ouvrage collectif et anonyme, inspiré par les publications de Tiqqun et du Comité invisible (auteur de L'insurrection qui vient), ainsi que par l’analyse des méthodes de contrôle social déployées par le pouvoir politique lors de l’affaire de Tarnac en 2008-2009. Remarqué par le Centre d’analyse stratégique du gouvernement français[1], cet essai est sorti chez Max Milo Éditions en mai 2010[2]. Avant cette publication dans une version augmentée, revue et corrigée, le texte avait déjà été diffusé sur Internet en fichier PDF dans un état que l’on peut qualifier de « brouillon avancé ». Le titre en était Ingénierie sociale et mondialisation, signé « Comité invisible ». Résumé[modifier | modifier le code] Références[modifier | modifier le code] Voir aussi[modifier | modifier le code] Articles connexes[modifier | modifier le code] Liens externes[modifier | modifier le code]

Nicolás Gómez Dávila We ask you, humbly, to help. Hi reader in Canada, it seems you use Wikipedia a lot; that's great! It's a little awkward to ask, but this Wednesday we need your help. We’re not salespeople. We’re librarians, archivists, and information junkies. We depend on donations averaging $15, but fewer than 1% of readers give. Maybe later Thank you! Close Nicolás Gómez Dávila (18 May 1913 – 17 May 1994) was a prominent Colombian writer and champion of reactionary social political theory. Gómez Dávila's fame began to spread only in the last few years before his death, particularly by way of German translations of his works. Biography[edit] In 1954, Gómez Dávila's first volume of works was published by his brother, a compilation of notes and aphorisms under the title Notas I – the second volume of which never appeared. Gómez Dávila discussed a vast range of topics, philosophical and theological questions, problems of literature, art, and aesthetics, philosophy of history and the writing of history.

SCRIPTOBLOG Détails Catégorie parente: Actu Scripto Catégorie : Actualité des éditions Le Retour aux Sources Écrit par L'équipe Scripto Scriptoblog / Le Retour aux Sources et l’Agence Info Libre vous convient à la première conférence sur l’ingénierie sociale.Rendez-vous le jeudi 13 mars 2014 à 19h45 à l’ASIEM, 6 rue Albert de Lapparent, salle Guyot.Métro Ségur ligne 10 ou Sèvres-Lecourbe ligne 6.Entrée : 5 eurosInscription et renseignements : scriptoblog@gmail.comCette adresse e-mail est protégée contre les robots spammeurs. La désinformation est un procédé devenu systématique. Lucien Cerise, auteur de Photographies d’un hamburger, Gouverner par le chaos et Oliganarchy, décryptera en profondeur l’action et la portée de la guerre cognitive de ces neuro-pirates. Paolo Cioni, co-auteur de Neuro-Esclaves. Venez nombreux ! Il faut être connecté pour poster.

Emil Cioran Romanian philosopher and essayist Emil Cioran (Romanian: [eˈmil t͡ʃoˈran] ( listen); 8 April 1911 – 20 June 1995) was a Romanian philosopher and essayist, who published works in both Romanian and French. Early life[edit] Cioran was born in Resinár (Rășinari), Szeben County, which was part of Austria-Hungary at the time. Cioran had a good command of German. Career[edit] Berlin and Romania[edit] In 1933, he received a scholarship to the University of Berlin, where he came into contact with Klages and Nicolai Hartmann. Cioran’s first book, On the Heights of Despair (literally translated: "On the Summits of Despair"), was published in Romania in 1934. Although Cioran was never a member of the group, it was during this time in Romania that he began taking an interest in the ideas put forth by the Iron Guard—a far right organization whose nationalist ideology he supported until the early years of World War II, despite allegedly disapproving of their violent methods. France[edit] William H.

René Guénon René Guénon (November 15, 1886 – January 7, 1951), also known as Shaykh 'Abd al-Wahid Yahya, was a French author and intellectual who remains an influential figure in the domain of metaphysics, having written on topics ranging from metaphysics, "sacred science"[1] and traditional studies[2] to symbolism and initiation. In his writings, he proposes either "to expose directly some aspects of Eastern metaphysical doctrines",[3] these doctrines being defined by him as of "universal character",[4] or "to adapt these same doctrines for Western readers [5] while keeping strictly faithful to their spirit";[3] he only endorsed the act of "handing down" these Eastern doctrines, while reiterating their "non-individual character".[6] He wrote and published in French and his works have been translated into more than twenty languages. Biography[edit] René Guénon was born in Blois, a city in central France approximately 100 miles (~ 160 km) from Paris. Writings[edit] Some key terms and ideas[edit] [edit]

John Gray (philosopher) Gray has written several influential books, including False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism (1998), which argues that free market globalization is an unstable Enlightenment project currently in the process of disintegration; Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals (2003), which attacks philosophical humanism, a worldview which Gray sees as originating in religions; and Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia (2007), a critique of utopian thinking in the modern world. He formerly held posts as lecturer in political theory at the University of Essex, fellow and tutor in politics at Jesus College, Oxford, and lecturer and then professor of politics at the University of Oxford. The term agonistic liberalism appears in Gray's 1995 book Isaiah Berlin. Gray has discussed James Lovelock's new ideas on evolution's next step; a species beyond human species that will be better able to co-exist with other species on this planet in the distant future. 1980s 1990s

René Guénon : une politique de l’esprit Cher David Bisson, merci d’accorder cet entretien à Égalité & Réconciliation Aquitaine. Pour commencer, est-il possible de dresser votre « bio-bibliographie intellectuelle » ? Comment en êtes-vous venu à aborder l’œuvre de René Guénon ? J’ai abordé l’œuvre de Guénon à un moment où il me tenait d’échapper un peu au monde, et de poursuivre un chemin de vie davantage spirituel – même si je m’aperçois aujourd’hui que ce dernier terme (« spirituel ») est très souvent un alibi utile pour la satisfaction de l’ego. Que faut-il entendre exactement par « tradition primordiale » ? Je crois qu’il est important ici de faire la distinction entre la Tradition (écrite avec un « t » majuscule) et l’expression « tradition primordiale » même si cette distinction n’est pas toujours très clairement formulée chez Guénon. Soixante-deux ans après sa disparition, que peut-on dire de l’impact de l’œuvre de René Guénon ? L’an prochain sera le quarantenaire de la disparition du baron Julius Evola.

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