Mind and Nature: A Necessary UnityA 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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abstract action animal answer appearance become behavior believe called cause Chapter characteristics circuit combined communication comparative complex components connects consider contains context contrast course create creatures DAUGHTER describe determined difference direction effect energy evolution example experience explanation fact FATHER follows formal genetic give given hand happens human ideas important individual interaction internal language learning limited living logical typing look matter mean mental process messages mind move natural necessary never object occur organism pattern perception perhaps phenomena pieces possible present principle problem quantity question random relations relationship seems selection sense sequence sexual reproduction side simple single somatic change sort species step stochastic surely tautology theory things thought tion true turn universe variable whole