Steps to an Ecology of Mind
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Steps to an Ecology of Mind is a seminal 1972 collection of essays by anthropologist and systems theorist Gregory Bateson that explores communication, cybernetics, and the interdependence of mind and nature.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| ecology of mind | 3 |
| Steps to an Ecology of Mind canonical | 2 |
| “Epistemology and Ecology” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3691037 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steps to an Ecology of Mind Context triple: [Gregory Bateson, notableWork, Steps to an Ecology of Mind]
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A.
Society of Mind
Society of Mind is a seminal book by Marvin Minsky that proposes a theory of human intelligence as emerging from the interactions of many simple, non-intelligent agents within the mind.
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B.
Monocultures of the Mind
Monocultures of the Mind is a book by environmental activist Vandana Shiva that critiques industrial agriculture and globalization for eroding biodiversity, indigenous knowledge, and cultural diversity.
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C.
The Concept of Mind
The Concept of Mind is a 1949 philosophical work by Gilbert Ryle that critiques Cartesian dualism and introduces the idea of mental concepts as dispositions rather than inner ghostly states.
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D.
Homesteading the Noosphere
Homesteading the Noosphere is an influential essay by Eric S. Raymond that analyzes the culture, motivations, and property norms of the open-source software community.
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E.
Reaching the Animal Mind
Reaching the Animal Mind is a book by animal behaviorist Karen Pryor that explores the science and practice of clicker training and positive reinforcement in animals.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Steps to an Ecology of Mind Target entity description: Steps to an Ecology of Mind is a seminal 1972 collection of essays by anthropologist and systems theorist Gregory Bateson that explores communication, cybernetics, and the interdependence of mind and nature.
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A.
Society of Mind
Society of Mind is a seminal book by Marvin Minsky that proposes a theory of human intelligence as emerging from the interactions of many simple, non-intelligent agents within the mind.
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B.
Monocultures of the Mind
Monocultures of the Mind is a book by environmental activist Vandana Shiva that critiques industrial agriculture and globalization for eroding biodiversity, indigenous knowledge, and cultural diversity.
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C.
The Concept of Mind
The Concept of Mind is a 1949 philosophical work by Gilbert Ryle that critiques Cartesian dualism and introduces the idea of mental concepts as dispositions rather than inner ghostly states.
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D.
Homesteading the Noosphere
Homesteading the Noosphere is an influential essay by Eric S. Raymond that analyzes the culture, motivations, and property norms of the open-source software community.
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E.
Reaching the Animal Mind
Reaching the Animal Mind is a book by animal behaviorist Karen Pryor that explores the science and practice of clicker training and positive reinforcement in animals.
- F. None of above. chosen
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Steps to an Ecology of Mind Description of subject: Steps to an Ecology of Mind is a seminal 1972 collection of essays by anthropologist and systems theorist Gregory Bateson that explores communication, cybernetics, and the interdependence of mind and nature.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
ecology of mind
this entity surface form:
“Epistemology and Ecology”
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this entity surface form:
ecology of mind
this entity surface form:
ecology of mind