Bandler and Grinder also drew upon the theories of Gregory Bateson, Alfred Korzybski and Noam Chomsky ( particularly transformational grammar ), as well as ideas and techniques from Carlos Castaneda.
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Intellectual and esoteric influences helped shape their work, which shows traces of Gurdjieff, the General Semantics of Alfred Korzybski, the psychedelic philosophy of Timothy Leary, and Tantric meditation.
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Korzybski ( 1879 1950 ) determined that two forms of the verb'to be' the'is'of identity and the'is'of predication had structural problems.
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Sapir / Whorf contemporary Alfred Korzybski was independently developing his theory of Whitehead's " Principia Mathematica " and Wittgenstein's " Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus ".
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The title of " Science of Survival " alludes to " Science and Sanity ", a highly popular work by Alfred Korzybski, the founder of general semantics.
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Furthermore, as Korzybski has pointed out repeatedly, insanity to various degrees is widespread in the general population, which includes many people that are considered mentally fit in medical and laval terms.
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Ellis alludes to similarities between REBT and the general semantics when explaining the role of irrational beliefs in self-defeating tendencies, citing Alfred Korzybski as a significant modern influence on this thinking.
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Buzan says the idea was inspired by Alfred Korzybski's general semantics as popularized in science fiction novels, such as those of Robert A . Heinlein and A . E . van Vogt.
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Miss Kendig's efforts and know-how were crucial in establishing and developing the program of the Institute, and even more crucial in carrying it on after Korzybski's death in 1950 ."
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In later years, he operated a mail-order business and served on the board and as treasurer of the Institute of General Semantics, which is based on the language theories of the philosopher Alfred Korzybski.
