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January 2026

 

 

 

The author Jakob von Uexküll was a biologist/philosopher/naturalist in the late 19th-early 20th century.

In the introduction of the book, Dorian Sagan refers to Uexküll as a "kind of biologist-shaman" who attempts "to cross the rubicon to nonhuman minds".

Uexküll invented and developed the concept of Umwelt, which means "environment" or

"surrounding world" in the German language.

Uexküll's work demonstrated an underlying deep interconnection between animals and their environments, where they create their own subjective world (Umwelt) through perception and action.

So far, I love the biological, philosophical, and phenomenological connection in which all beings are not only shaped by their environment but also co-create their world, forming a synergistic relationship between the subject and the environment. I am really looking forward to reading the next part

of the book, "A Theory of Meaning", where Uexküll is said to use music as a metaphor to demonstrate

that relationships in nature follow meaningful patterns, rather than being purely mechanical.

Find out more about the author here.

You can download the book here.

 

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