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- 1970-9 March 1972 (Creation)
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Comprises [material gathered in preparation for a conference which Bronowski had planned to attend in Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio, Italy, in September 1972. He planned to present a paper on 'Stratified Stability and the Evolution of Complexity', but then withdrew].
The file contains: photocopies of articles by others including Ralph Wendell Burhoe's 'Commentary on J Bronowski's "New Concepts in the Evolution of Complexity"'; a copy of 'Stratified Stability and the Evolution of Complexity' by Bronowski as published in 'Synthese' 21 (1970); handwritten notes by Bronowski; and a letter from Kenneth Denbigh (Queen Elizabeth College, University of London) about Bronowski's 'The Logic of the Mind' and sending a copy of his paper on 'In Defence of the Direction of Time' (included).