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

• Main Author: Brentari, Carlo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Biosemiotics, 9
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Modern philosophy.; Biology > Philosophy.; Animal ecology.; Ecosystems.; Philosophy of Biology.; Modern Philosophy.; Animal Ecology.

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 work...

Table of Contents:

• 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.