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Language in Thought and Action

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Language in Thought and Action

S. I. Hayakawa

6 people recommended it in 6 threads, 2007–2022.

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Zanni
Language in Thought and Action by S. I. Hayakawa is an introduction to General Semantics and deals with the limitations of language-oriented mental models, e.g. "the map is not the territory," a reminder that a model is just a model and not reality (or what Joel Spolsky would call "a leaky abstraction").

on HN, 2019

halefx
There is a LOT in the book, but at a minimum it made me think analytically about language and "news".

on HN, 2022

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