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of papers describing the powerful techniques of
Milton Erickson.
Haley, J. Uncommon Therapy. New York: Grune and
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powerful work with an interesting commentary by Jay
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formal properties of the human representational
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essay on epistemology, the process of human
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Company, 4th Edition, 1933. The basic reference work
for general semantics. Korzybski understood and discussed
clearly the map/territory, intentionall
extensional distinctions,. . . in human modeling. Read
the Prefaces, Part I, and Part I I.
Miller, G. A.; Galanter, E.; and Pribram, K. Plans and the
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for a representational system for reference structures;
easy and enjoyable reading.
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exciting excursion into the neurological basis for
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of the more important concepts of modern logic, including
theory of logical types.