Re: “Levels” and “Types” as Synonyms ↑
metanymous в посте Metapractice (оригинал в ЖЖ)
In the index of Bateson’s book Mind and Nature (1979), he writes this under the list of “Logical Types.” A series of examines is in order:
- The name is not the thing named but is of different logical type, higher than the thing named.
- The class is of different logical type, higher than that of its members.
- The injunctions issues by, or control emanating from, the bias of the house thermostat is of higher logical type than the control issued by the thermometer.
- The word “tumbleweed” is of the same logical type as “bush” or “tree.” It is not the name of a species or genus of plants; rather, it is the name of a class of plants whose members share a particular style of growth and dissemination.
- “Acceleration” is of a higher logical type than “velocity.”
In another place Bateson defined logical types in the following way:
Logical Type: 1) The name is not the thing named but is of different logical type, higher than the thing named. 2) The class is of different logical type, higher than that of its members. (Mary Catherine Bateson, 1987, pp. 209-210).