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 87
... Tautology contains no information whatsoever , and explana- tion ( the mapping of description onto tautology ) contains only the information that was present in the description . The " mapping " asserts implicitly that the links which ...
... Tautology contains no information whatsoever , and explana- tion ( the mapping of description onto tautology ) contains only the information that was present in the description . The " mapping " asserts implicitly that the links which ...
Pagina 89
... tautology . Now , an explanation is a mapping of the pieces of a descrip- tion onto a tautology , and an explanation becomes acceptable to the degree that you are willing and able to accept the links of the tautology . If the links are ...
... tautology . Now , an explanation is a mapping of the pieces of a descrip- tion onto a tautology , and an explanation becomes acceptable to the degree that you are willing and able to accept the links of the tautology . If the links are ...
Pagina 224
... tautology . Left to itself , any large piece of Creatura will tend to settle toward tautology , that is , toward internal consistency of ideas and processes . But every now and then , the consistency gets torn ; the tautology breaks up ...
... tautology . Left to itself , any large piece of Creatura will tend to settle toward tautology , that is , toward internal consistency of ideas and processes . But every now and then , the consistency gets torn ; the tautology breaks up ...
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II | 12 |
Multiple Versions of the World | 69 |
IV | 95 |
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