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Institute of General Semantics
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 At a Glance
- 501(c)(3) not-for-profit established in 1938 in Chicago by Alfred Korzybski, author of Science and Sanity
- Moved to Fort Worth in 2003 from New York
- Member-based organization with approx 700 members (100 international)
- Publish ETC: A Review of General Semantics, quarterly journal, since 1938, subscribed to by over 400 libraries
- Publish books and sell over 50 titles
- Conduct educational seminars, workshops and programs around the country
- What is general semantics? From many possible short descriptions ... A systematic method for evaluating and improving how individuals integrate their verbal world (language and symbols) with their non-verbal world. [More about GS].
- Some of the people associated with General Semantics through the years: Steve Allen, Albert Ellis, Al Feishman, Buckminster Fuller, Robert A. Heinlein, Abraham Maslow, Neil Postman, Alvin Toffler ... [More notable names]. [List of Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecturers]
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Alfred Korzybski, Founder
The Institute
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