Gregory Bateson

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Gregory Bateson was an English anthropologist, social scientist, and cyberneticist known for his work on systems theory, communication, and the ecology of mind.

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instanceOf British person
anthropologist
cyberneticist
human
social scientist
systems theorist
child Mary Catherine Bateson
coAuthor Jurgen Ruesch
Margaret Mead
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1904-05-09
dateOfDeath 1980-07-04
educatedAt Charterhouse School NERFINISHED
St John’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
familyName Bateson
fieldOfWork anthropology
communication theory
cybernetics
ecology
epistemology
family therapy
psychology
social science
systems theory
fullName Gregory Bateson self-link
givenName Gregory
hasConcept difference that makes a difference
levels of learning
schismogenesis
influenced constructivist epistemology
environmental thought
family therapy
second-order cybernetics
systems therapy
knownFor applications of cybernetics to social systems
double bind theory
ecology of mind concept
theory of communication patterns
language English
notableWork Balinese Character: A Photographic Analysis
Communication: The Social Matrix of Psychiatry
Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity
Naven
Steps to an Ecology of Mind
placeOfBirth Grantchester, Cambridgeshire, England
placeOfDeath San Francisco, California, United States of America
surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
spouse Elizabeth Sumner
Lois Cammack NERFINISHED
Margaret Mead
studied anthropology
biology
workedAt Esalen Institute
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
surface form: Palo Alto Veterans Administration Hospital

VA Palo Alto Health Care System
surface form: Veterans Administration Hospital, Palo Alto, California

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William Bateson child Gregory Bateson
Gregory Bateson fullName Gregory Bateson self-link
Margaret Mead spouse Gregory Bateson
Mead spouse Gregory Bateson
subject surface form: Margaret Mead