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Jakob von Uexküll: The Discovery of the Umwelt between Biosemiotics and Theoretical Biology

By (author) Carlo Brentari

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The book is a comprehensive introduction to the work of the Estonian-German biologist Jakob von UexkÃ¼ll. After a first introductory chapter by Morten TÃ¸nnessen and a second chapter on UexkÃ¼ll'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 UexkÃ¼ll had on other philosophers and scientists. Finally, the author discloses his conclusions, focused on the possibility of updating UexkÃ¼llâ€™s work. As far as the key issue is concerned, the UexkÃ¼llian 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.

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