Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. A Brief Biographical Chronology of Gregory Bateson xi
5. A Note on Reference Style xv
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 The Youngest Bateson 16
8. 2 A Theory of Consciousness 35
9. 3 The Map Is Not the Territory: Time, Change, and Survival 57
10. 4 Metaphors for Living Forms 81
11. 5 Cybernetics - Janus of Modernity 103
12. 6 Communication and Its Embodiment 122
13. 7 Mind and Nature 145
14. 8 Recursion 168
15. 9 The Pattern Which Connects 192
16. 10 Visions of Unity 212
17. APPENDIX 1 Two Models of Ecology Compared: Odum and Bateson 235
18. APPENDIX 2 Models of Recursive Hierarchy: Logical Types and Double Bind 243
19. APPENDIX 3 Bateson's Model of Co-evolution 252
20. APPENDIX 4 Scan, Interface, and Double Vision; A Model for Perceiving Ecological Wholes 261
21. Notes 267
22. Select Bibliography 321
23. Author Index 343
24. Subject Index 347