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Jesper . Ed(S): Hoffmeyer - Legacy for Living Systems - 9781402067051 - V9781402067051
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Legacy for Living Systems

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Description for Legacy for Living Systems Hardback. This volume gathers scholars from ecology, biochemistry, evolutionary biology, cognitive science, anthropology and philosophy to discuss how Gregory Bateson's thinking might lead to a reframing of central problems in modern science. Editor(s): Hoffmeyer, Jesper. Series: Biosemiotics. Num Pages: 300 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 607.

Gregory Bateson’s contribution to 20th century thinking has appealed to scholars from a wide range of fields dealing in one way or another with aspects of communication and epistemology. A number of his insights were taken up and developed further in anthropology, psychology, evolutionary biology and communication theory. But the large, trans-disciplinary synthesis that, in his own mind, was his major contribution to science received little attention from the mainstream scientific communities.

This book represents a major attempt to revise this deficiency. Scholars from ecology, biochemistry, evolutionary biology, cognitive science, anthropology and philosophy discuss how Bateson's thinking might lead to ... Read more

The only book of its kind, this volume provides a key resource for the quickly-growing substratum of scholars in the biosciences, philosophy and medicine who are seeking an elegant new approach to exploring highly complex systems.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Series
Biosemiotics
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402067051
SKU
V9781402067051
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

Reviews for Legacy for Living Systems
From the reviews: "In this book are collected 14 essays on a range of topics related to, applying, or extending Bateson’s work and legacy. … Open minded biologists and semioticians, as well as students of Peirce, will be interested … in this book. … I recommend it highly." (Phillip Guddemi, Cybnetics and Human Knowing, Vol. ... Read more

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