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Gregory batesons contribution to 20th century thinking has appealed to scholars from a wide range of fields dealing in one way or another with aspects of communication and epistemology. The book compares the work of gregory bateson and henry corbin and shows how an understanding of the imaginal world within the practice of systemic psychotherapy and ecopsychology could provide a language shared by both nature and mind. Bateson often veers from subject to subject, but he is a rigorous and clear writer, and an excellent expositor. Bateson s classic transdisciplinary work presents us with tools of thought, and explores the presuppositions of science and everyday life. This is heady stuff and the early introduction of numerous. Gregory batesons contribution to 20th century thinking has appealed to. I highly recommend this important and inspiring book. It is a deeply personal exploration of what has come to be called cognitive science from a brilliant man and great. Gregory bateson 19041980 was born and educated in the united kingdom, and spent most of his professional life in the united states where he was lecturer and fellow of kresge college at the. It summarizes batesons thinking on the subject of the patterns that connect. Henry viii, francis i, charles v, suleiman the magnificent and the obsessions that forged modern europe full pdf download pdf jeaner pour sa santa. Mind and nature is both gregory bateson s most accessible and most difficult book. Evolution in modern thought by william bateson et al. In 1978, my father, gregory bateson, completed the book titled mind and nature.
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Batesons discipline hopping made established experts wary, but he found an audience open to his ideas in a generation of rebellious youth. This is heady stuff and the early introduction of numerous references to see glossary for stochastic, typology, etc. Klaus krippendorff, gregory bateson professor for cybernetics, language, and culture, the annenberg. Gregory bateson taught at columbia university, the new school for social research, harvard university, stanford university, and the university of california, santa cruz.
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