Alfred Korzybski
Philosopher

Alfred Korzybski Net Worth

Alfred Korzybski, born on July 3, 1879 in Poland, is remembered for his foundational work in the field of general semantics. He is most famous for his phrase "the map is not the territory", which describes his theory that representations of reality do not constitute reality itself. His work has had a lasting impact on the philosophical and cognitive science fields.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day July 3, 1879
Birth Place Poland
Age 140 YEARS OLD
Died On Mar 1, 1950 (age 70)
Birth Sign Cancer

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

About

Remembered for his foundational work in the philosophical and cognitive science field of general semantics, this early twentieth-century scholar coined the famous phrase "the map is not the territory" to describe his theory that representations of reality do not themselves constitute reality.

Before Fame

After studying engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology, he served in the Russian Army as a World War I-era intelligence officer. He published his debut philosophical work, Manhood of Humanity, in the early 1920s.

Trivia

He founded and headed the Institute of General Semantics, which operated out of Chicago, Illinois, until the mid-1940s, at which point it transferred its headquarters to Lakeville, Connecticut.

Family Life

He grew up in an affluent and highly educated family in Warsaw, Poland. He later settled in the United States and began a more than three-decade marriage to portrait Painter Mira Edgerly.

Associated With

In the late 1930s, American Beat Generation author william S. Burroughs , then only twenty-five years old, attended one of Korzybski's general semantics workshops.

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