Mind and Nature: A Necessary UnityRenowned for his contributions to anthropology, biology, and the social sciences, Bateson asserts that man must think as Nature does to live in harmony on the earth and, citing examples from the natural world, he maintains that biological evolution is a mental process |
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Gebruikersrecensie - elenchus - LibraryThingIn previous readings of Bateson, not only Mind and Nature, I was left with an impression similar to that from primers on non-Euclidean geometries: fabulist structures from simple premises, but despite ... Volledige review lezen
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Gebruikersrecensie - 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 ... Volledige review lezen
Inhoudsopgave
Every Schoolboy Knows | 23 |
Multiple Versions of the World | 65 |
Criteria of Mental Process | 89 |
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