A foray into the worlds of animals and humans : with A theory of meaning /

Is the tick a machine or a machine operator? Is it a mere object or a subject? With these questions, the pioneering biophilosopher Jakob von Uexküll embarks on a remarkable exploration of the unique social and physical environments that individual animal species, as well as individuals within specie...

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Main Author: Uexküll, Jakob von, 1864-1944
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
German
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2010
Edition:1st University of Minnesota Press ed.
Series:Posthumanities ; 12.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Dorian Sagan
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Environment Spaces
  • The Farthest Plane
  • Perception Time
  • Simple Environments
  • Form and Movement as Perception Marks
  • Goal and Plan
  • Perception Image and Effect Image
  • The Familiar Path
  • Home and Territory
  • The Companion
  • Search Image and Search Tone
  • Magical Environments
  • The Same Subject as Object in Different Environments
  • Conclusion
  • Carriers of Meaning
  • Environment and Dwelling-shell
  • Utilization of Meaning
  • The Interpretation of the Spider's Web
  • Form Development Rule and Meaning Rule
  • The Meaning Rule as the Bridging of Two Elementary Rules
  • The Composition Theory of Nature
  • The Sufferance of Meaning
  • The Technique of Nature
  • Counterpoint as a Motif/Motive of Form Development
  • Progress
  • Summary and Conclusion
  • Geoffrey Winthrop-Young.