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The Institute of General Semantics
generalsemantics.org

Discourse, Dialogue, & Democracy 2
An Online Symposium
April 25th, 2026

As this is a Zoom recording, quality and volume will vary depending on the individual participant's equipment and set up.

Session III People in Quandaries 12:00 Noon to 1:15 PM
Chair: Susan Drucker, Hofstra University

“AI, Deepfakes and Democracy: Symbols, Environments, Modes”
Olena Marina, Munster Technological University, Ireland, and
Igor Korolyov, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine

“Rethinking Minority Language Acquisition in the Digital Age”
Grace Foley, Trinity University, Ireland

“Linking Condillac’s Abstractions to Korzybski’s Structural Differential”
Robert T. Ackland, State University of New York College at Plattsburgh, USA

“The Dawn of a New Order: Rebirth Through the ‘Impossible’”
Pedro Gil González, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico