Jakob von Uexküll

The Discovery of the Umwelt between Biosemiotics and Theoretical Biology

Carlo Brentari (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

249 Seiten

2016 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Springer (Verlag)
978-94-024-0728-0 (ISBN)

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The book is a comprehensive introduction to the work of the Estonian-German biologist Jakob von Uexküll. After a first introductory chapter by Morten Tønnessen 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 Uexküll had on other philosophers and scientists. Finally, the author discloses his conclusions, focused on the possibility of updating Uexküll’s work. As far as the key issue is concerned, the Uexküllian Umwelt is 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. The relationship that the animal carries out with its environment is a complex system of semiotic interactions: its behaviour is not a set of mechanical reactions, but a spontaneous attribution of meaning to the outside world.

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 Uexküll.- Conclusion. References.- Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	28.10.2016
Reihe/Serie	Biosemiotics ; 9
Zusatzinfo	XI, 249 p.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	94-024-0728-6 / 9402407286
ISBN-13	978-94-024-0728-0 / 9789402407280
Zustand	Neuware