Gregory Bateson (1904-1980) is an outstanding 20th century thinker, philosopher, ecologist, cyberneticist and systems theorist. His book “Steps Towards an Ecology of Mind” was first published in the original language in 1972, was reprinted several times and became a cult intellectual bestseller in the English-speaking world. In this book, G. Bateson outlines approaches to solving the large-scale task he set to revise and modify the fundamental foundations of the humanities. knowledge in the light of modern principles of cybernetics, information theory and systems theory, as well as the creation of a new synthetic science of living things, which he called “ecology of the mind.” This publication includes articles on biology and the theory of evolution, in which various biological processes - from morphogenesis to evolution in general - are considered from the point of view of the information and communication processes that determine them, as well as articles of a general theoretical nature, in which the application of the principles of cybernetics to living systems is discussed , the ambiguous role of consciousness, as well as the negative consequences of human actions that violate system-wide principles that underlie all living things. The main feature of the book “Selected Articles on the Theory of Evolution and Epistemology” is that it includes the part “Biology and Evolution”, which for technical reasons was not included in the first edition. Recommended for philosophers, scientific methodologists, biologists, psychologists, cultural scientists, ethnographers, ecologists , as well as a wide range of readers who want to better understand themselves and their world.