The sign theory of Jakob Von Uexküll

Thure von Uexküll

pp. 147-179

in: Martin Krampen, Klaus Oehler, Roland Posner, Thomas Sebeok (eds), Classics of semiotics, Berlin, Springer, 1987

Abstract

Jakob von Uexküll was born in Keblas, Estonia in 1864. After completing his studies in zoology at Dorpat (now Tartu, Estonia) he worked at the Institute of Physiology of the University of Heidelberg and at the Zoological Center in Naples. In 1907 he was given an honorary doctorate by the University of Heidelberg for his studies in the field of muscular physiology. His later work was devoted to the problem of how living beings subjectively perceive their environment and how this perception determines their behavior. He developed a specific method which he termed "Umwelt-research." In 1926 Uexküll founded the Institute of Umwelt-Research at the University of Hamburg. He died on the island of Capri, Italy in 1944.

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