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 113
... self - corrective . Nor , of course , did I see that runaway systems , such as population growth , might contain the seeds of their own self - correction in the form of epidemics , wars , and government programs . Many self - corrective ...
... self - corrective . Nor , of course , did I see that runaway systems , such as population growth , might contain the seeds of their own self - correction in the form of epidemics , wars , and government programs . Many self - corrective ...
Pagina 119
... self - corrective . If in a given year the population of some species is unusually increased or reduced , within a very few years that population will return to its usual level . But it is not easy to point to any part of the system ...
... self - corrective . If in a given year the population of some species is unusually increased or reduced , within a very few years that population will return to its usual level . But it is not easy to point to any part of the system ...
Pagina 136
... self - corrective possibilities . It is capable of either steady state or runaway or some mixture of these . It is influenced by " maps , " never by territory , and is therefore limited by the general- ization that its receipt of ...
... self - corrective possibilities . It is capable of either steady state or runaway or some mixture of these . It is influenced by " maps , " never by territory , and is therefore limited by the general- ization that its receipt of ...
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II | 12 |
Multiple Versions of the World | 69 |
IV | 95 |
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