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Form, substance and difference
pp. 501-518
Abstract
The elementary cybernetic system with its messages in circuit is, in fact, the simplest unit of mind; and the transform of a difference travelling in a circuit is the elementary idea. …The way to delineate the system is to draw the limiting line in such a way that you do not cut any of these pathways in ways which leave things inexplicable. G. Bateson (1972: 465)
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Favareau Donald (2009) Essential readings in biosemiotics: anthology and commentary. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 501-518
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9650-1_16
Full citation:
Favareau Donald (2009) Form, substance and difference, In: Essential readings in biosemiotics, Dordrecht, Springer, 501–518.