Mind and Nature: A Necessary UnityBantam Books, 1988 - 255 pagina's A celebratory trade paper edition of a mass market classic of contemporary thought in which Bateson exhorts us to learn to "think as Nature thinks" if we are to live in harmony on this planet. |
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Pagina 51
... quantity , there is no such jump ; and because jump is missing in the world of quantity , it is impossible for any quantity to be exact . You can have exactly three tomatoes . You can never have exactly three gallons of water . Always ...
... quantity , there is no such jump ; and because jump is missing in the world of quantity , it is impossible for any quantity to be exact . You can have exactly three tomatoes . You can never have exactly three gallons of water . Always ...
Pagina 53
... quantity that will vary from one rose to another . With this difference in mind , we can look at the biological world and ask what is the largest number that the processes of growth can handle as a fixed pattern , beyond which the ...
... quantity that will vary from one rose to another . With this difference in mind , we can look at the biological world and ask what is the largest number that the processes of growth can handle as a fixed pattern , beyond which the ...
Pagina 55
... quantities are the surfacing of formal ideas , immanent within the growing rose . 10. Quantity Does Not Determine Pattern It is impossible , in principle , to explain any pattern by invok- ing a single quantity . But note that a ratio ...
... quantities are the surfacing of formal ideas , immanent within the growing rose . 10. Quantity Does Not Determine Pattern It is impossible , in principle , to explain any pattern by invok- ing a single quantity . But note that a ratio ...
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II | 12 |
Multiple Versions of the World | 69 |
IV | 95 |
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