TY - JOUR AU - Demozzi, Silvia PY - 2012/01/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Form Substance Difference. Brief hints on "Bateson's epistemology" JF - Ricerche di Pedagogia e Didattica. Journal of Theories and Research in Education JA - RPD VL - 7 IS - 1 SE - Theories, models and contexts in education DO - 10.6092/issn.1970-2221/3448 UR - https://rpd.unibo.it/article/view/3448 SP - AB - The article focuses on some key-concepts of Gregory Bateson's thought. Among philosopher there has always been a sort of dichotomy between the concepts of “form” and “substance” since ancient Greece; concerning this topic, Gregory Bateson (influenced by his studies on biology, communication and by the birth of Cybernetics) presents what - in his opinion - is the only possible statement able to describe reality: the map is not the territory.The article, then, attempts to define what for Gregory Bateson is considered as an “eco-mental system” and, finally, discusses about its ethics implications. ER -