These letters from Gregory Bateson to Norbert Wiener, held in the Gregory Bateson Collection at the Don D. Jackson Archive, University of Louisiana at Monroe, are presented here in the order in which they were composed and sent. Note, however, that the typescript of the first letter, here labeled “Approx. 1954,” is in fact a reproduction retyped (presumably by Bateson) and sent along with the third letter, from 1959, printed here. The original letter it reproduces is not in the Jackson Archive but evidence suggests that the original was initially composed in 1954, as Bateson reports. The letters are published with the permission of the Bateson Idea Group and Nora Bateson. —Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan

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“类型混淆所需的最小星座”：给诺伯特·维纳的信

这些由格雷戈里·贝特森 (Gregory Bateson) 写给诺伯特·维纳 (Norbert Wiener) 的信件，收藏在路易斯安那大学门罗分校唐·D·杰克逊档案馆的格雷戈里·贝特森 (Gregory Bateson) 收藏中，在此按它们的撰写和发送顺序呈现。但是请注意，第一个字母的打字稿，此处标记为“大约。1954 年，”实际上是重新打印的复制品（大概是贝特森），并与 1959 年的第三封信一起寄出，印刷在这里。正如贝特森报道的那样，它复制的原始信件不在杰克逊档案馆中，但有证据表明原始信件最初是在 1954 年创作的。这些信件是在 Bateson Idea Group 和 Nora Bateson 的许可下出版的。——伯纳德·狄奥尼修斯·盖根