Table of contents
From the editors (K. Kull, T. Rüting) 9
John Deely
Semiotics and Jakob von Uexküll’s concept of umwelt 11
Torsten Rüting
History and significance of Jakob von Uexküll and of his institute in Hamburg 35
Jesper Hoffmeyer
Uexküllian Planmässigkeit 73
Kalevi Kull
Uexküll and the post-modern evolutionism 99
Han-liang Chang
Semiotician or hermeneutician? Jakob von Uexküll revisited 115
Tobias Cheung
From protoplasm to Umwelt: Plans and the technique of nature in Jakob von Uexküll’s theory of organismic order 139
Mathias Gutmann
Uexküll and contemporary biology: Some methodological reconsiderations 169
Jui-Pi Chien
Schema as both the key to and the puzzle of life: Reflections on the Uexküllian crux 187
Cornelius Steckner
Symbol formation 209
Dario Martinelli
The musical circle: The umwelt theory, as applied to zoomusicology 229
Florian Mildenberger
Race and breathing therapy: The career of Lothar Gottlieb Tirala (1886–1974) 253
John Michael Krois
Ernst Cassirer’s philosophy of biology 277
Andreas Weber
Mimesis and Metaphor: The biosemiotic generation of meaning in Cassirer and Uexküll 297
Anton Marko?
In the quest for novelty: Kauffman’s biosphere and Lotman’s semiosphere 309
Jakob von Uexküll, Thure von Uexküll
The Eternal Question: Biological variations on a Platonic dialogue 329
Reviews
Jakob von Uexüll jr.
Jakob von Uexküll and Right Livelihood — the current actuality of his Weltanschauung 363
Thure von Uexküll
Eye witnessing Jakob von Uexküll’s Umwelttheory 373
Riin Magnus, Timo Maran, Kalevi Kull
Jakob von Uexküll Centre, since 1993 375
Torsten Rüting
Signs and the design of life — Uexküll’s significance today: A symposium, its significant history and future 379
