Bas GutweinMar 14
Matthew Edney

I have a new, long-ish post on Alfred Korzybski's use of his map metaphor (nowadays simplified as "the map is not the territory"). And what I now see as its confusions! Enjoy!!

Read it at https://www.mappingasprocess.net/blog/2026/3/13/maps-territory-and-self-reflexivity-confusions-ofbyabout-korzybski

#maps #MapHistory #cartography #GeneralSemantics #Korzybski

Mar 13 at 2:48pmWeb
Show threadBluehorseMar 13
@mhedney : Is "self-reflexive" the same as recursive?
Show threadMatthew EdneyMar 13
@Bluehorse yes? No? I don’t know! 🤪🤪
Show threadMatthew EdneyMar 13
@Bluehorse seriously: I think Royce’s infinite series would be recursive, and so therefore should GS self-reflexivity, but Korzybski redeployed Royce’s work and did not mean recursive. Certainly later GS people do not understand recursion