Jakob von Uexkull the discovery of the umwelt between biosemiotics and theoretical biology / [electronic resource] :

• 作者： Brentari, Carlo.
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• 其他題名：
  • Jakob von Uexkull.
  • Biosemiotics,
• 出版： Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands :Imprint: Springer
• 叢書名： Biosemiotics,v.9
• 主題： Uexkull, Jakob von, 1864-1944. , Biology--Philosophy--History--19th century. , Biology--Philosophy--History--20th century. , Philosophy , Philosophy of Biology. , Modern Philosophy. , Animal ecology , Ecosystems.
• ISBN： 9789401796880 (electronic bk.) 、 9789401796873 (paper)
• FIND@SFXID: CGU
• 資料類型: 電子書
• 內容註: Acknowledgments Introductory Chapter -- The Life and Education of Jakob von Uexküll. The Basis of the Environmental Theory -- The Subjective World of the Umwelt -- The Structure of the Umwelt -- Environment and Meaning -- Influences and Interpretations of the Work of Uexkull -- Conclusion. References -- Index.
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• 摘要註: The book is a comprehensive introduction to the work of the Estonian-German biologist Jakob von Uexküll. After a first introductory chapter by Morten Tonnessen and a second chapter on Uexküll's life and philosophical background, it contains four chapters devoted to the analysis of his main works; they are followed by a vast eighth chapter which deals with the influence Uexkull had on other philosophers and scientists, and by a conclusions focused on the possibility of updating Uexkull's work. The monograph combines a careful reconstruction of the historical context in which the Uexkullian concepts emerged (the debate between mechanism and vitalism, contemporary scientific studies) and a thorough analysis of the philosophical contents of the Uexküllian views. As far as the key issue is concerned, Uexkull's notion of Umwelt refers to the perceptive and operative world which surrounds animal species; it is a subjective species-specific construction which provides living organisms with great security and behaviour stability. Moreover, the relationship that the animal carries out with its environment proves to be a complex system of semiotic interactions: its behaviour is not a set of mechanical reactions, but the result of a spontaneous attribution of meaning to the outside world, whose environmental elements are actively interpreted by the subject. The environment of animal species becomes a field of meaning, an exceedingly complex subjective elaboration; this can lessen the distance between animals and men, crediting both with the cognitive ability to grasp meanings and to use signs.
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