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Alfred Korzybski's mental models

2 claims Alfred Korzybski made fit 1 mental model. Most often: The map is not the territory. Everything they said here.

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The map is not the territory

Every model, word or plan is a simplified map of reality; useful when its structure matches, misleading when mistaken for the thing itself.

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Ben CarlsonDavis KedroskyEric RiesFreddie deBoerGibson BiddleGregory Batesonand 4 more

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A map is not the territory it represents, but if it is correct it shares the territory's structure, which is what makes it useful.

  1. Alfred Korzybski Polish-American scholar (1879 to 1950) who founded general semantics A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness. The Map Is Not the Territory (Institute of General Semantics, quoting Korzybski, 1933, and Bateson, 1970)generalsemantics.org · c. 1933All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsA map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness.

    ↗The Map Is Not the Territory (Institute of General Semantics, quoting Korzybski, 1933, and Bateson, 1970)generalsemantics.org

    c. 1933

Languages are at best maps: a word is not the object it represents.

  1. Alfred Korzybski Polish-American scholar (1879 to 1950) who founded general semantics If we reflect upon our languages, we find that at best they must be considered only as maps. A word is not the object it represents The Map Is Not the Territory (Institute of General Semantics, quoting Korzybski, 1933, and Bateson, 1970)generalsemantics.org · c. 1933All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsIf we reflect upon our languages, we find that at best they must be considered only as maps. A word is not the object it represents

    ↗The Map Is Not the Territory (Institute of General Semantics, quoting Korzybski, 1933, and Bateson, 1970)generalsemantics.org

    c. 1933