AGS: David Hewson: "Effective Communications - a General-Semantics Approach"

Cross-post from Australian General Semantics Society:

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Sunday 26th July 2020
11:00 for 11:30 am Sydney time

"Effective Communication"

A quotation from Alfred Korzybski (in "Science and Sanity") ...

“In the "old" two-valued system, agreement is theoretically impossible; so one of the main, and perhaps revolutionary, semantic departures from the old system is the fact that a non-el multi-valued [non-A]-system, based on fundamental negative premises, leads to a theory of universal agreement, which is based on a structural revision of our languages, producing new and undisturbed s.r, which eliminate the copying of animals in our nervous reactions.

... a theory of universal agreement, in the broadest sense; namely, agreement with one's self, eliminating internal 'conflict', and with others, eliminating family, social, and international conflicts. , is neurologically not only possible, but also a necessary semantic consequence of using the human nervous system in its structurally appropriate way.”

So my aim for today’s talk, is not for us to come to some agreement,
but rather for us to learn some of the GS tools that can be used
to help us to come to some agreements, in the future.
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David will refer (inter alia) to:

• ETC 75:1&2 p47
  “Communication: The Act and Art of Taking-For-Granted”
  by Corey Anton
• ETC 75:1&2 p 210
  “Relationship Miscommunication…”
  by Dallas Lee, Shannon Lee and Mary Lahman
• "Operational Philosophy"
  by Anatol Rapoport, chapters 1,2,3,5

Following Anton’s paper,
we will consider application of some general-semantics formulations:
Abstracting,
Consciousness of abstracting,
Dating,
Delayed reaction /evaluation
Either/Or distortion,
Etc – what’s left out e.g. Alternative hypotheses,
Expectations (expect to misunderstand and to be misunderstood),
Fact – inference confusion ,
Identification (“is” of identity) and indexing,
Map is not all the Territory,
Map is not the Territory,
Maps can be made of maps i.e. reflexive map making and meta maps,
Meaning context dependent,
Mind reading,
People have meanings for words, not meanings reside in the words,
Projection (“is” of predication.),
Proposition / propositional function.

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This seminar will be led by David Hewson.
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Where: On-line: Zoom
When: Logon after 11:00 am (Sydney time zone) for a chat and catch-up.
The seminar will start at 11:30 am. Break for a short lunch before 1 pm.
Session ends around 2 pm.

Cost: Free !

Contact:
Web: www.ags.org.au
Email: agssoc@yahoo.com.au
Phone: (0451) 680 776