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    Umwelt Theory, Biosemiotics and Damage Limitation

    Phenomenology, particularly as developed by Merleau-Ponty, primarily concerns how human beings perceive and act towards the world they encounter, their lifeworld. Umwelt theory, by contrast, primarily concerns...

    John Pickering in Biosemiotics (2024)

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    Eastern Traditions, Western Science and Whitehead

    John Pickering makes the case as to why it is timely to engage with Eastern traditions, particularly in light of our ecological precarity. While many scholars have pointed to similarities between Whitehead’s p...

    John Pickering in Process Cosmology (2022)

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    Natural, Un-Natural and Detached Mimicry

    Natural mimicry is ubiquitous. Plants mimic animals, animals mimic plants, animals mimic each other and animals may even mimic counterfactual states that deceive or distract other animals. Almost all natural m...

    John Pickering in Biosemiotics (2019)