Mind and Nature: A Necessary UnityThis classic book summarizes Gregory Bateson's thinking on the subject of the patterns that connect living beings to each other and to their environment. Bateson's classic transdisciplinary work presents us with tools of thought, and explores the presuppositions of science and everyday life. This book has influenced scholars in disciplines as diverse as biology, management theory. creativity research, family therapy, communication, systems theory, and epistemology.-- Publisher description. |
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User Review - plutarch - LibraryThingGregory Bateson is to be sipped, not devoured. The years to come will find his thoughts catalyzing the common human consciousness up over the precipice to its next plateau. Read Bateson for the meat ... Read full review
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| Title | Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity Advances in systems theory, complexity, and the human sciences Media Education Culture Technology |
| Author | Gregory Bateson |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Hampton Press, 2002 |
| ISBN | 1572734345, 9781572734340 |
| Length | 220 pages |
| Subjects | › Philosophy / Epistemology |
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