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Peer reviewedDanzig, Joy – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1974
Discusses the development of a curriculum built around the ideas expressed in "The Last Whole Earth Catalog." (RB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education, Semantics
Peer reviewedKneuper, Charles W. – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1975
Examines the direct and indirect support for the Whorf hypothesis which states that one thinks in a language and that language shapes what one thinks and perceives. (RB)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Higher Education, Language Usage, Rhetoric
Peer reviewedThompson, Wayne N. – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1971
Author notes that semantics, originally designed as non-Aristotelian discipline, has become anti-Aristotelian. He outlines six significant areas in which almost no difference can be found between Greek philosopher's ideas and those of modern semanticists; for example: words are symbols, not things; meanings lie within persons, not words. (PD)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classification, Concept Formation, Individual Differences
Peer reviewedGajda, Robert S. – ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 1974
Attempts to develop a critical thinking model which will teach students to cope effectively with advertising. (RB)
Descriptors: Advertising, Critical Thinking, Health Education, Higher Education
