IGS is accepting submissions through July 15 for its international conference titled "Across the Generations: Legacies of Hope and Meaning" at Fordham University's Lincoln Center Campus September 11-13, 2009.
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The worlds we manage to get inside our heads are mostly worlds of words. Wendell Johnson
The trouble with people is not so much with their
ignorance as it is with their knowing so many things
that are not so. William Alanson White
You can't no more teach what you ain't learned
than you can come from where you ain't been. Mark Twain
We see the world as 'we' are, not as 'it' is; because it
is the "I" behind the 'eye' that does the seeing. Anais Nin
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking
new landscapes, but in having new eyes. Marcel Proust
All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions. Leonardo da Vinci
To a mouse, cheese is cheese.
That's why mousetraps work. Wendell Johnson
Common sense is the collection of prejudices
acquired by age eighteen. Albert Einstein
We discriminate against people to the degree we fail
to distinguish between them. Irving J. Lee
Register Now for the
57th Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture & Dinner
and 3-Day International IGS Conference
For information on the 57th AKML, the dinner, and the surrounding 3-day international conference, as well as registration information and accommodations, please read on.
The 57th Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture & Dinner
Mary Catherine Bateson
57th Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecturer
Author, Cultural Anthropologist
"The Changing Shapes of Lives: Making Meaning Across Time"
Friday Evening, September 11th, 2009
Dinner: Lowenstein Hall Atrium
Lecture: Pope Auditorium, Lowenstein Hall
Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus
W. 60th St @ Columbus Ave., NYC
A 3-Day International Conference
sponsored by the Institute of General Semantics
Across the Generations: Legacies of Hope and Meaning
An International Conference sponsored by the Institute of General Semantics
Co-sponsored by the New York Society for General Semantics, the Medea Ecology Association,
Friends of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, the Lifwynn Foundation for Social Research,
and Fordham University
Friday (Daytime), September 11th - Sunday, September 13th, 2009
Pope Auditorium, Lowenstein Hall
Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus
W. 60th St @ Columbus Ave., NYC
Description
Friday through Sunday, September 11-13, 2009, Fordham University will host "Across the Generations: Legacies of Hope and Meaning," an international conference sponsored by the Institute of General Semantics. The conference is co-sponsored by the New York Society for General Semantics, the Media Ecology Association, Friends of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, the Lifwynn Foundation for Social Research, and Fordham University.
On Friday evening, September 11, 2009, author and cultural anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson will deliver the 57th Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture titled "The Changing Shapes of Lives: Making Meaning Across Time" in Pope Auditorium, Lowenstein Hall, at Fordham University's Lincoln Center Campus in New York City. The lecture will be preceded by a dinner in the Lowenstein Hall Atrium at Fordham University.
Registration
To attend, you must register. Registration admits you to both the 57th AKML as well as the conference events. Registration is $25 (free for IGS members). Registration excludes the dinner preceding the 57th AKML. Dinner registration is an additional $90.
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General Semantics ... it's not what you think. It's how you think ... how you feel ... what you see ... what you hear ... it's what you do.
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General Semantics (or GS) can be referred to as a general system of evaluation and awareness. It provides a systematic methodology to understand how you relate to the world around you, how you react to this world, how you react to your reactions, and how you may adjust your behavior accordingly.
The Institute of General Semantics (IGS) promotes a scientific approach to understanding human behavior, especially that related to symbol systems and language, and the application of proven principles that guide advancements in critical thinking, rational behavior, and general sanity.The Institute endeavors to achieve this mission through:
How is it that humans have progressed so rapidly in science, mathematics, and engineering, yet we continue to exhibit behaviors that result in misunderstanding, suspicion, bigotry,hatred, and even violence in our dealings with other people and with other cultures?
Alfred Korzybski pursued this question as an engineer, military officer, and extraordinary observer of human behavior.
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