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Gregory Bateson’s contribution to 20th century thinking has appealed to scholars from a wide range of fields dealing in one way or another with aspects of communication and epistemology. A number of his insights were taken up and developed further in anthropology, psychology, evolutionary biology and communication theory. But the large, trans-disciplinary synthesis that, in his own mind, was his major contribution to science received little at...

Recent debates surrounding the teaching of biology divide participants into three camps based on how they explain the appearance of the human race: evolution, creationism, or intelligent design. Biosemiotics discovers an intriguing higher ground respecting those opposing theories by arguing that questions of meaning and experiential life can be integrated into the scientific study of nature. This groundbreaking book shows how the linguistic po...

Gregory Bateson’s contribution to 20th century thinking has appealed to scholars from a wide range of fields dealing in one way or another with aspects of communication and epistemology. A number of his insights were taken up and developed further in anthropology, psychology, evolutionary biology and communication theory. But the large, trans-disciplinary synthesis that, in his own mind, was his major contribution to science received little at...

Shows how the linguistic powers of humans suggest that consciousness emerges in the evolutionary process and that life is based on sign action, not just molecular interaction. This book is suitable for those interested in the nexus of linguistic possibility and biological reality.

From reviews for the bestselling Danishedition: ..". dashing and idiomatic language that is apleasure to read." -- Berlingske Tidende..". anappetizer and eye opener... Hoffmeyer is a modernistic pioneer in the wide openspaces of the natural sciences... " -- Politiken..".extremely well written and interesting manifesto for a bioanthropology... " --Inf."It should be read by anyone who likes to be wiser andat the same time to be challenged in his...