Gregory Bateson Main Page 1904 - 1980

Gregory Bateson, although best known for his work in epistemology (structure of knowledge), anthropology, and psychiatry, he considered himself a biologist (for lack of a better classification). Although he had an incredibly deep intellect, he was a down-to-Earth, decent human being. As his wife (3rd wife), Lois Bateson, described: "you know what it was about Gregory's thinking? He thought with his heart. He had a big mind, but he thought with his heart."

Gregory Bateson was decades ahead of others in his thinking. Although he was involved in the initial work of cybernetics, his thinking went beyond cybernetics to what might be considered today as part of complexity theories. All of his work during the latter part of his life seemed to focus on the pursuit of a theory of everything or for the ultimate "pattern which connects."

• Article summarizing the Bateson@100 Conference (November, 2004)


• Gregory Bateson -- Shock and All


• An Ecology of Mind - A Film about the Life and Ideas of Gregory Bateson

• Gregory Bateson on the OIKOS Web Site


• Gregory Bateson on Alexandru Anton-Luca's Web Site at Indiana University


• Gregory Bateson links on Martin Ryder's Site at the University of Colorado Denver


• Gregory Bateson at the eMuseum of Minnesota State University Mankato


• The Gregory Bateson Archive by Rodney Donaldson at Crazy Tiger Institute


• About Bateson by John Brockman at Edge.Org


• Gregory Bateson Info


• Book review of Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity by Danny Yee


• Gregory Bateson quotes


• Gregory Bateson on the Institute for Intercultural Studies


• About Gregory Bateson


• Gregory Bateson on Anthrobase


• Gregory Bateson - Big Sur tapes


• Gregory Bateson on the NNDB site


• Gregory Bateson, Cybernetics, and the Social/Behavioral Sciences


• Gregory Bateson on Steven Crouthamel's Palomar College site