TALLYING (WITH) KORZYBSKI.

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Title:	TALLYING (WITH) KORZYBSKI.
Authors:	MUKHERJEE, SANJAY
Source:	ETC: A Review of General Semantics. Jul-Oct2022, Vol. 79 Issue 3/4, p204-213. 10p.
Subjects:	Manhood of Humanity: The Science & Art of Human Engineering (Book), Korzybski, Alfred, 1879-1950, Humanity, Human beings, Abstracting, Consciousness
Abstract:	The proposed article would attempt to look at the significance Korzybski attached to the mathematical/engineering way of assessing human living and society explicated in his "Manhood of Humanity." It would endeavor to assess a fundamental question Korzybski asked a hundred years ago--"What is the defining mark of humanity?"--and the relevance and rationales supporting the proffered answers. The article would attempt to understand what were at the beginning of the twentieth century "new ideas" and "new methods of analysis" adopted by Korzybski in his search for "precision, sharpness, and completeness" of definitions/descriptions of "Man's real nature," thereby getting to know where lay the problems besetting human beings in spite of their time-binding ability and approaching problems through the consciousness of abstracting. The present state of affairs or the major crises facing humanity and the mathematical-scientific approach Korzybski believed was the solution toward a saner way of practical living would be an aspect of this article's scrutiny, whereby Korzybski's concept of Man would be attempted to be situated against some other concepts like theological, sociological, economic, naturalistic, et cetera. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:	The proposed article would attempt to look at the significance Korzybski attached to the mathematical/engineering way of assessing human living and society explicated in his "Manhood of Humanity." It would endeavor to assess a fundamental question Korzybski asked a hundred years ago--"What is the defining mark of humanity?"--and the relevance and rationales supporting the proffered answers. The article would attempt to understand what were at the beginning of the twentieth century "new ideas" and "new methods of analysis" adopted by Korzybski in his search for "precision, sharpness, and completeness" of definitions/descriptions of "Man's real nature," thereby getting to know where lay the problems besetting human beings in spite of their time-binding ability and approaching problems through the consciousness of abstracting. The present state of affairs or the major crises facing humanity and the mathematical-scientific approach Korzybski believed was the solution toward a saner way of practical living would be an aspect of this article's scrutiny, whereby Korzybski's concept of Man would be attempted to be situated against some other concepts like theological, sociological, economic, naturalistic, et cetera. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:	0014164X