Science And Sanity: An Introduction To Non-aristotelian Systems And General Semantics [DJVU]

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• Toc: Contents......Page 11 Note on Errata......Page 16 Preface to 5th Edition, 1993......Page 17 Preface to 4th Edition 1958......Page 27 Bibliographical Note 1958......Page 33 Preface to 3rd Edition 1948......Page 35 A. Recent developments and the founding of the Institute of General Semantics......Page 40 1. The attitudes of 'philosophers', etc.......Page 42 2. Perplexities in theories of 'meaning'......Page 45 3. Inadequacy of forms of representation and their structural revision......Page 48 4. Identifications and mis-evalutations......Page 49 C. Revolutions and evolutions......Page 51 D. A non-aristotelian revision......Page 55 E. New factors: the havoc they play with our generalizations......Page 58 1. Neurological mechanisms of extensionalization......Page 60 2. Neuro-semantic relaxation......Page 62 3. Extensional devices and some applications......Page 63 4. Implications of the structure of language......Page 65 G. Over/Under defined terms......Page 67 1. 'Maginot like mentalities'......Page 72 2. Wars of and on nerves......Page 74 3. Hitler and psycho-logical factors in his life......Page 76 4. Education for intelligence and democracy......Page 78 Conclusion......Page 83 Acknowledgements......Page 85 Supplementary Bibliography to 2nd Edition......Page 86 Preface to 1st Edition 1933......Page 91 Acknowledgement......Page 103 Book I - A General Survey of Non-Aristotelian Factors......Page 105 Part I - Preliminaries......Page 109 1. Aims, means and consequences of a non-aristotelian revision......Page 111 A. On semantic reactions......Page 123 B. On the un-speakable objective level......Page 138 C. On 'copying' in our nervous reactions......Page 140 3. Introduction......Page 142 Part II - General on structure......Page 157 4. On structure......Page 158 5. General linguistic......Page 169 6. On symbolism......Page 179 7. Linguistic revision......Page 188 Part III - Non-elementalistic structures......Page 202 8. General epistemological......Page 203 9. Colloidal behaviour......Page 213 A. Illustrations from biology......Page 225 B. Illustrations from nutrition experiments......Page 228 C. Illustrations from 'mental' and nervous diseases......Page 230 Part IV - Structural factors in non-aristotelian languages......Page 233 11. On function......Page 234 12. On order......Page 252 A. Undefined terms......Page 253 B. Order and the nervous system......Page 258 C. Structure, realtions, and multi-dimensional order......Page 262 D. Order and the problems of extension and intension......Page 272 E. Concluding remarks on order......Page 283 13. On relations......Page 289 14. On the notion of infinity......Page 305 15. The 'infinitesimal' and 'cause and effect'......Page 315 16. On the existence of relations......Page 321 17. On the notions of