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General semantics is the renowned, practical discipline that applies modern scientific thinking and language strategies to solve problems. 


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ETC: A Review of General Semantics is a journal founded in 1943 by the International Society for General Semantics. ISGS merged with the Institute of General Semantics in 2003 and since that time the Institute has published the journal.

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