Jakob von Uexküll . The Discovery of the Umwelt between Biosemiotics and Theoretical Biology
Brentari, Carlo
Jakob von Uexküll . The Discovery of the Umwelt between Biosemiotics and Theoretical Biology by Carlo Brentari. - Dordrecht, Netherlands Springer 2015 - 1 recurso en línea (XI, 249 páginas) : - Biosemiotics 9 1875-4651 .
Acknowledgments Introductory Chapter -- The Life and Education of Jakob von Uexkà 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 UexkÃ-- Conclusion. References -- Index.
The book is a comprehensive introduction to the work of the Estonian-German biologist Jakob von Uexkà After a first introductory chapter by Morten TÃņnessen and a second chapter on UexkÃs life and philosophical background, it contains four chapters devoted to the analysis of his main works; they are followed by a vast eighthÂpter which deals with the influence UexkÃhad on other philosophers and scientists, and by a conclusions focused on the possibility of updating UexkÀork. The monograph combines a careful reconstruction of the historical context in which the UexkÃan concepts emerged (the debate between mechanism and vitalism, contemporary scientific studies) and a thorough analysis of the philosophical contents of the UexkÃan views. As far as the key issue is concerned, UexkÀotion 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.
9789401796880
10.1007/978-94-017-9688-0 doi
Filosofía
Filosofía moderna
Biología--Filosofía
QH31.U4 / B746 2015
Jakob von Uexküll . The Discovery of the Umwelt between Biosemiotics and Theoretical Biology by Carlo Brentari. - Dordrecht, Netherlands Springer 2015 - 1 recurso en línea (XI, 249 páginas) : - Biosemiotics 9 1875-4651 .
Acknowledgments Introductory Chapter -- The Life and Education of Jakob von Uexkà 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 UexkÃ-- Conclusion. References -- Index.
The book is a comprehensive introduction to the work of the Estonian-German biologist Jakob von Uexkà After a first introductory chapter by Morten TÃņnessen and a second chapter on UexkÃs life and philosophical background, it contains four chapters devoted to the analysis of his main works; they are followed by a vast eighthÂpter which deals with the influence UexkÃhad on other philosophers and scientists, and by a conclusions focused on the possibility of updating UexkÀork. The monograph combines a careful reconstruction of the historical context in which the UexkÃan concepts emerged (the debate between mechanism and vitalism, contemporary scientific studies) and a thorough analysis of the philosophical contents of the UexkÃan views. As far as the key issue is concerned, UexkÀotion 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.
9789401796880
10.1007/978-94-017-9688-0 doi
Filosofía
Filosofía moderna
Biología--Filosofía
QH31.U4 / B746 2015