Jakob von Uexküll’s Kantian Biology
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Uexküll, Kant, Biology, Epistemology, Organism, Experience, SubjectAbstract
As proposal, the paper seeks to show in what sense Uexküll’s theoretical biology expands principles of Kantian epistemology: the idea that the cognitive structure referring to the organization of sensory experience is not restricted to human being and would also include non-human organic forms. From a methodological point of view, Uexküll lays the foundation for a general theory of organism that combines elements of Kantian epistemology and physiological observations. As strategy for the development of this paper, particularly, we will explore the continuity between the Kantian foundation of theoretical biology (1926) and Umwelt theory (1934).
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