Jakob von Uexküll
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1864 – 1944
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Who was Jakob von Uexküll?
Jakob Johann von Uexküll was a Baltic German biologist who worked in the fields of muscular physiology, animal behaviour studies, and the cybernetics of life. However, his most notable contribution is the notion of umwelt, used by semiotician Thomas Sebeok and philosopher Martin Heidegger. His works established biosemiotics as a field of research.
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- Born
- Sep 8, 1864
Koonga Parish - Also known as
- Jakob von Uexkull
- Education
- University of Tartu
- Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg
- Died
- Jul 25, 1944
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on July 23, 2013
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