Gregory Bateson and the Mathematicians from Interdisciplinary Interaction to Societal Functions.https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=55376540bc&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1732751476275186736&th=180bf849836a8c30&view=att&disp=inline&realattid=f_l35027gt0
1977. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, v. 13, 1977.
Slim 8vo, pp.141-159. Printed self-wrappers. Margins a little stained, very good.
§ An offprint of the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, v. 13, 1977, pages 141-159. An account of conversations between the anthropologist Gregory Bateson and the mathematicians John Von Neumann and Norbert Wiener. "An instance of fruitful cross-disciplinary contacts is examined in detail. The ideas involved include (1) the double-bind hypothesis for schizophrenia, (2) the critique of game theory from the viewpoint of anthropology and psychiatry, and (3) the application of concepts of communication theory and theory of logical types to an interpretation of psychoanalytic practice." (Abstract). Item #123935
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