Pragmatics/History/1920s

1923 Ogden and Richards




In other words, the symbol is not the symbolized, in short, so as to be aligned with "The map is not the territory" (1933/Korzybski) and the like.

"The influence of language upon thought" (as in the subtitle) varies from man to man, perhaps furthermore from case to case, as Locke suggested. Then, dehumanization would be more or less unwise. No precise or wise symbolism without symbolists. Pragmatics is a must above all.

1929 Magritte


"This is not a pipe," as translated from the original French caption, is to say that the image is not the imaged.