Gregory Bateson was an English anthropologist, social scientist, linguist, visual anthropologist, semiotician and cyberneticist whose work crossed many fields. His books include Steps to an Ecology of Mind (1972) and Mind and Nature (1979), and in Palo Alto, California, he and his colleagues developed the double-bind theory of schizophrenia. Systems theory ran as a thread through his career: he was an original member of the core group of the Macy Conferences on Cybernetics from 1941 to 1960 and of its later Group Processes series from 1954 to 1960, where he represented the social and behavioral sciences and pursued his interest in the relationship between these fields and epistemology; his association with the editor and author Stewart Brand helped widen his influence further.
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Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account Death DateSourced to the subject's own account Death YearSourced to the subject's own account BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own accountGrantchester, Cambridgeshire, England 1 Death PlaceSourced to the subject's own accountSan Francisco, California, U.S. 1 Nationality / CultureSourced to the subject's own account Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own accountDeveloped, with colleagues in Palo Alto, the double-bind theory of schizophrenia; contributed to cybernetics, systems theory and the concept of schismogenesis. 1 Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own accountSteps to an Ecology of Mind (1972); Mind and Nature (1979) 1 In the Other Atlases
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Gregory Bateson (9 May 1904 - 4 July 1980) was an English anthropologist, social scientist, linguist, visual anthropologist, semiotician, and cyberneticist whose work intersected that of many other fields.
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Bateson was born in Grantchester in Cambridgeshire, England, on 9 May 1904.
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Bateson died on July 4, 1980, at age 76, in the guest house of the San Francisco Zen Center.
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In Palo Alto, California, Bateson and his colleagues developed the double-bind theory of schizophrenia.
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His writings include Steps to an Ecology of Mind (1972) and Mind and Nature (1979).
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