NEW META-MODEL DISTINCTION: Delusional Verbal Splits

Delusional Verbal Splits — DVS Don’t you love the phrase, Delusional Verbal Splits? It’s one of my favorites. Imagine what you can do with it for fun and provocation!

“Well, you’ve got a good point there and it would make sense, but not with the Delusional Verbal Split inside your statement. Your sentence needs some therapy!”

What does the phrase refer to and what is its significance? The phrase highlights the General Semantics warning about the danger of elementalism which refers to how language compartmentalizes and dichotomizes elements of a whole. We do this when we speak about "mind" and "body" as if we can have one of these elements without the other. Try it if you like! Imagine a “mind” apart from a “body.” Or, imagine a “body” apart from a “mind.” They go together as part of a singular interconnected reality, do they not? When we speak about them as separate, distinct, and unrelated, we create a false-to-fact map. It is always “mind-body.”