People in Quandaries; The Semantics of Personal Adjustment

This is a sincere and high-minded book about the problems we have in trying to live with ourselves and with each other. It delves into areas such as:
- the fundamental lack of correspondence between the structure of the language we use and the structure of reality.
- how maladjusted behaviour is largely a reflection of disordered symbolic behaviour
- an improper evaluation of one's successes and failures that results from the basic "two-valued," "pre-scientific" orientation of our culture
- the failure to differentiate the levels of abstraction
- and much more
It gives a number of practical devices and techniques to counteract the maladjusted tendencies it sheds light on, and is addressed to a varied reading public – to anyone sensitive to opportunities for personal growth and the enrichment of our general culture. It takes commitment to read this book, and, when you come out the other side, you will understand communications better than 99% of the world.