Gregory Bateson
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Gregory Bateson was an English anthropologist, social scientist, and cyberneticist known for his work on systems theory, communication, and the ecology of mind.
All labels observed (1)
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| Gregory Bateson canonical | 16 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T625047 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gregory Bateson Context triple: [Margaret Mead, spouse, Gregory Bateson]
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A.
Zellig Harris
Zellig Harris was an influential American linguist known for his pioneering work in structural linguistics and discourse analysis, and for mentoring Noam Chomsky.
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B.
Kirkpatrick Durham
Kirkpatrick Durham is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, historically associated with the parish of Kirkpatrick.
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C.
John Tooby
John Tooby is an American anthropologist and one of the founders of evolutionary psychology, known for his influential work on the evolutionary basis of the human mind and behavior.
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D.
Edward Sapir
Edward Sapir was a pioneering American anthropologist-linguist whose work on language, culture, and cognition helped lay the foundations of modern linguistics and linguistic anthropology.
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E.
Nelson Goodman
Nelson Goodman was an American philosopher best known for his influential work in logic, the philosophy of science, and aesthetics, particularly his "new riddle of induction" and theories of symbol systems.
- 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: Gregory Bateson Target entity description: Gregory Bateson was an English anthropologist, social scientist, and cyberneticist known for his work on systems theory, communication, and the ecology of mind.
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A.
Zellig Harris
Zellig Harris was an influential American linguist known for his pioneering work in structural linguistics and discourse analysis, and for mentoring Noam Chomsky.
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B.
Kirkpatrick Durham
Kirkpatrick Durham is a village and civil parish in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, historically associated with the parish of Kirkpatrick.
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C.
John Tooby
John Tooby is an American anthropologist and one of the founders of evolutionary psychology, known for his influential work on the evolutionary basis of the human mind and behavior.
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D.
Edward Sapir
Edward Sapir was a pioneering American anthropologist-linguist whose work on language, culture, and cognition helped lay the foundations of modern linguistics and linguistic anthropology.
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E.
Nelson Goodman
Nelson Goodman was an American philosopher best known for his influential work in logic, the philosophy of science, and aesthetics, particularly his "new riddle of induction" and theories of symbol systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British person
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anthropologist ⓘ cyberneticist ⓘ human ⓘ social scientist ⓘ systems theorist ⓘ |
| child | Mary Catherine Bateson ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Jurgen Ruesch
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Margaret Mead ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1904-05-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1980-07-04 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Charterhouse School
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St John’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Bateson ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
anthropology
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communication theory ⓘ cybernetics ⓘ ecology ⓘ epistemology ⓘ family therapy ⓘ psychology ⓘ social science ⓘ systems theory ⓘ |
| fullName | Gregory Bateson self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | Gregory ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
difference that makes a difference
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levels of learning ⓘ schismogenesis ⓘ |
| influenced |
constructivist epistemology
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environmental thought ⓘ family therapy ⓘ second-order cybernetics ⓘ systems therapy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
applications of cybernetics to social systems
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double bind theory ⓘ ecology of mind concept ⓘ theory of communication patterns ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Balinese Character: A Photographic Analysis
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Communication: The Social Matrix of Psychiatry ⓘ Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity ⓘ Naven ⓘ Steps to an Ecology of Mind ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Grantchester, Cambridgeshire, England ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
San Francisco, California, United States of America
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surface form:
San Francisco, California, United States
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| spouse |
Elizabeth Sumner
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Lois Cammack ⓘ Margaret Mead ⓘ |
| studied |
anthropology
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biology ⓘ |
| workedAt |
Esalen Institute
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VA Palo Alto Health Care System ⓘ
surface form:
Palo Alto Veterans Administration Hospital
VA Palo Alto Health Care System ⓘ
surface form:
Veterans Administration Hospital, Palo Alto, California
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Subject: Gregory Bateson Description of subject: Gregory Bateson was an English anthropologist, social scientist, and cyberneticist known for his work on systems theory, communication, and the ecology of mind.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.