•"In the work on General Semantics we wanted to preserve the term semantics because of its international character and its general applicability. As we are interested in the relation of words and facts, etc., I introduced the term General Semantics to indicate a general theory of values, a general theory of evaluation of facts, relations, 'feelings', etc., not of meaning by mere verbal definition. In General Semantics we are interested in actual evaluational reactions and not only what we say about them."