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<p>My friend the general semanticist points to page 58 of Korzybski's <u>Science
and Sanity</u> (1933). </p>
<p>"Two important characteristics of maps should be noted. A map is not
the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a <u>similar structure</u>
to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness. If the map could be
ideally correct, it would include, in a reduced scale, the map of the map;
the map of the map, of the map; and so on, endlessly, a fact first noticed
by Royce. </p>
<p>"If we reflect upon our languages, we find that at best they must be considered
<u>only as maps</u>. A word <u>is not</u> the object it represents; and
. . ." </p>
Does this help?<br>
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Tom Dalzell<br>
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Fred Shapiro wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Can anyone pinpoint for me a precise citation for the earliest usage by
Alfred Korzybski of the phrase "the map is not the territory" or "a map is
not the territory"?
Fred Shapiro
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