Bateson says, “ the mental world— the mind— the world of information processing— is not limited by the skin” ( steps 460). bateson' s interest in systems theory forms a thread running through his work. steps to an ecology of mind is a collection of gregory bateson ' s short works over his long and varied career. it is “ aware” in that it can “ register and respond to information” 4 but ecologia there is much to even our own minds della that is unavailable to us. gregory bateson grew up in a rich intellectual environment. but bateson belonged to no academic discipline. subject matter includes essays on anthropology, cybernetics, psychiatry, and epistemology. it was originally published by chandler publishing company in 1972 ( republished with foreword by mary catherine bateson ). with a new foreword by his daughter mary katherine bateson, this classic anthology of his major work will continue to delight and inform generations of readers. from childhood, he was surrounded by a lifeworld of preeminent scientists, philosophers, and scholars gregory bateson verso un ecologia della mente pdf of history, the classics, and literature. second, for bateson, mind does not have to be mente conscious. " this collection amounts to a retrospective exhibition of a working life. steps to an ecology of mind: collected essays in anthropology, psychiatry, evolution, and epistemology gregory bateson university of pdf chicago press, - medical- 533 pages gregory. in palo alto, california, bateson and colleagues developed the double- bind theory of schizophrenia. he took his bachelors verso at cambridge in biology and then switched to anthropology for graduate. gregory bateson was a philosopher, anthropologist, photographer, naturalist, and poet, as well as the husband and collaborator of margaret mead. his writings include steps to an ecology of mindand mind and nature ( 1979).