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>Since Aristotle, man has organized his knowledge vertically in separate and unrelated groups -- Science, Religion, Sex, Relaxation, Work etc. The main emphasis in his language, his system of storing knowledge, has been on the identification of objects rather than on the relationships between objects. He is now forced to use his tools of reasoning separately and for one situation at a time. Had man been able to see past this hypnotic way of thinking, to distrust it (as did Einstein), and to resystematize his knowledge so that it would all be related horizontally, he would now enjoy the perfect sanity which comes from being able to deal with his life in its entirety.
>Recently, it has become possible for man to chemically alter his mental state and thus alter his point of view (that is, his own basic relation with the outside world which determines how he stores his information). He can restructure his thinking and change his language so that his thoughts bear more relation to his life and his problems, therefore approaching them more sanely.
>It is this quest for pure sanity that forms the basis of the songs on this album.

what philosophy would this system of thought fall under?

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4668338

>what philosophy would this system of thought fall under?

DID YOU NOT COMPREHEND WHAT YOU QUOTED?

>> No.4668339

non-Aristotelianism
general semantics

>> No.4668344

>>4668338
it's about deconstructing the general system of thought of man.
are you telling me no one has expanded upon this?

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4668350

>>4668344
>it's about deconstructing the general system of thought of man.

NO; IT IS ABOUT SYNTHESIZING KNOWLEDGE, AND DYNAMIC THOUGHT PATTERNS.

>> No.4668359

>>4668350
>He can restructure his thinking and change his language so that his thoughts bear more relation to his life and his problems, therefore approaching them more sanely.
isn't this the point that erickson is making?

>> No.4668361

>>4668344
Alfred Korzybski, you dunce. It's called General Semantics.

>> No.4668367

>>4668359

TO WHAT "POINT" ARE YOU EVEN REFERRING?

>> No.4668376

>>4668361
okay, thank you

>>4668367
>it's about deconstructing the general system of thought of man.
i was asking if there was anything else that expanded on what erickson was saying, and apparently general semantics is what i was looking for

>> No.4668494

>chemically alter his mental state and thus alter his point of view

Nice man trippy is the way to go *smokes bong*