Jakob von Uexküll

✶September 8, 1864

†July 25, 1944

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Jakob Johann Freiherr von Uexküll was a Baltic German biologist who worked in the fields of muscular physiology and animal behaviour studies and was an influence on 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.

Baltic German biologist, zoologist, and philosopher (1864-1944)

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