Language in thought and action

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1. xekulOct 2023
   Language in Thought and Action by S.I. Hayakawa

   Metaphors We Live By by Lakoff and Johnson

   The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan

   The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker

   Tao Te Ching (various translators)

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2. halefxNov 2022
   Language in Thought and Action by S.I. Hayakawa. There is a LOT in the book, but at a minimum it made me think analytically about language and "news".
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3. bcbrownSep 2022
   This essay mentions the work of Alfred Korzybski. The book containing his life's work is called Science and Sanity. I've read about half of it, but I found it to be very challenging to read. For anyone interested in what he has to say, I would recommend the following:

   S. I. Hayakawa, Language in Thought and Action

   Stuart Chase, The Tyranny of Words

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4. bcbrownAug 2022
   Language in Thought and Action has deeply affected how I think about thinking. I've read it three times now, and there's one or two dozen other books from the same school of thought that I've read since reading it the first time.

   Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 1972 triggered in me an abiding fascination with the operation of the political process.

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5. lrPrentice1Jun 2021
   Language in Thought and Action by S. I. Hayakawa
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6. physicsyogiSep 2019
   Language in Thought and Action, by S.I. Hayakawa. I read it in grad school and it opened my mind to how much of human language is subjective and made me think about the problems that arise because of that.
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