Mind and Nature: A Necessary UnityBantam Books, 1980 - 259 pagina's |
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Pagina 52
... evolution , in which the ongoing processes of change feed on the random . The essence of epigenesis is predictable repetition ; the essence of learning and evolution is exploration and change . In the transmission of human culture ...
... evolution , in which the ongoing processes of change feed on the random . The essence of epigenesis is predictable repetition ; the essence of learning and evolution is exploration and change . In the transmission of human culture ...
Pagina 71
... evolution lies , of course , in the contrast between statements of the second law of thermodynamics and the observation that the new can only be plucked from the random . It was this contrast that Darwin partly resolved by his theory of ...
... evolution lies , of course , in the contrast between statements of the second law of thermodynamics and the observation that the new can only be plucked from the random . It was this contrast that Darwin partly resolved by his theory of ...
Pagina 165
... evolutionary process , but by proposing that thought and evolution are alike in a shared stochasticism . Both are mental processes in terms of the criteria offered in Chapter 4 . We face , then , two great stochastic systems that are ...
... evolutionary process , but by proposing that thought and evolution are alike in a shared stochasticism . Both are mental processes in terms of the criteria offered in Chapter 4 . We face , then , two great stochastic systems that are ...
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Multiple Versions of the World | 73 |
Criteria of Mental Process | 99 |
Processes | 161 |
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abstract action adaptive aggregate animal become behavior bilateral symmetry binocular vision biological bithorax calibration called Chapter characteristics circuit coding combined complex components consciousness context contrast crab creatures criteria criterion DAUGHTER differentiation embryology energy environment epigenesis epistemology evolution evolutionary example experience explanation fact FATHER formal resemblance gametes genes genetic change Gregory Bateson hierarchy homology human Iatmul ideas individual interaction internal Lamarck Lamarckian language learning logical typing look matter mental process messages midwife toad mind natural selection negentropy nuptial pads object odd numbers pathways pattern which connects perception perhaps phenomena phenotype pieces precisely predict presuppositions problem propositions quantity question random relations relationship relevance Samuel Butler schismogenesis sense organ sequence side simple somatic change sort species step stochastic processes stochastic system surely switch symmetry tautology temperature theory thought tion variable whole words