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	Umwelt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		According to Jakob von Uexküll and Thomas A. Sebeok, Umwelt (the German word Umwelt means "environment" or "surrounding world") is the "biological foundations that lie at the very epicenter of the study of both communication and signification in the human [and non-human] animal." The term is usually translated as "subjective universe".
		The Umwelt theory states that the mind and the world are inseparable, because it is the mind that inteprets the world for the organism.
		This is termed the 'collective Umwelt' which models the organism as a centralised system from the cellular level upward.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Umwelt (321 words)

	Athenaeum Reading Room Pragmatism and Umwelt-theory Alexei Sharov
		Umwelt is not an ecological niche because niches are assumed to be objective units of an ecosystem which can be quantified using external measuring devices.
		Umwelt can be viewed as a language which is used mostly for internal communication within an organism or lineage.
		Subjective universe (Umwelt) of an animal consists of things that are useful in their life, e.g., food to consume, shelters to hide, and enemies to fear.
	evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com /sharov.htm (7192 words)

	Umwelt - Wikipedia
		Die soziale und kulturelle Umwelt eines Individuums besteht einerseits aus den Menschen, mit denen es unmittelbar in Beziehungen steht, andererseits auch aus dem weiteren kulturellen Umfeld, das Einflüsse ausübt.
		Umwelt in der Ökologie bezeichnet die Gesamtheit aller auf die Natur einwirkenden Einflüsse sowie die Gesamtheit aller ökologischen Faktoren, die auf eine Art einwirken.
		http://www.upi-institut.de - UPI - Umwelt- und Prognose-Institut e.V. http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/environment/index_de.htm - Generaldirektion Umwelt in der Europ.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Umwelt (368 words)

	UMWELT
		Umwelt, an apparently German term, has become in fact a technical term within semiotics, and is also destined (such is my guess) to become a term of general use in philosophy and intellectual culture.
		In other words, the Umwelt is first of all, even within semiotics, a vehicle for expressing especially the role of biological heritage in the use and function of signs, rather than for expressing what is species-specifically human in the use and function of signs.
		In other words, the human Umwelt is so modified from within by the exaptation of language to communicate that, without ceasing to be an Umwelt, it becomes yet so different from an Umwelt based on an Innenwelt without language that some further term to characterize it becomes imperative.
	www.ut.ee /SOSE/deely.htm (3191 words)

	Does a robot have an Umwelt
		The Umwelt may be defined as the phenomenal aspect of the parts of the environment of a subject (an animal organism), that is, the parts that it selects with its species-specific sense organs according to its organization and its biological needs (J. von Uexküll 1940; T. von Uexküll 1982a, 1989).
		The experiential Umwelt is rooted in the material and semiotic body of the organism, which again is situated in a specific part of the habitat depending on its (Eltonian) niche.
		[50] If the Umwelt is a higher level emergent phenomenon, emerging from the embodied sign processes in the nervous system of a situated agent, a necessary condition for the system's graceful performance might well be the constraints of the Umwelt upon the particular patterns of movement, a kind of 'downward causation'.
	www.nbi.dk /~emmeche/cePubl/2001d.robumwelt.html (13919 words)

	Portal Umwelt & Naturschutz/Version 2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	Knowledge
		It is also important to be aware that the Umwelt is not something merely `given' to the animal from outside -- it is shaped by the life form of the animal; or to be more precise: Umwelt and life form (Lebensform) have been formed in a mutual process.
		They come to belong to the Umwelt for precisely this reason -- the Umwelt arises through an evolutionary process where those animals survive who are best able to distinguish between and react adequately to those features of the environment that are relevant to their lives.
		I will now identify the Umwelt, which can be constructed (more or less) objectively from studies of the physiology and behaviour of the animal, with the animals lifeworld (Lebenswelt), which is the world as the animal itself experiences and lives in it.
	www.maths.tcd.ie /~jonivar/fi5/en/Knowledge.html (6086 words)

	Die Umwelt und ich (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Kinder lernen Deutsch steering committee is happy to announce the publication of the first of three units for novice German learners at the middle school level.
		As the Umwelt unit goes to press, the writing team has begun work on the Deutsch-Amerikaner unit.
		To facilitate the planning of these units, the writing team developed a planning framework to help teachers at all levels to plan units and lessons that reflect both Standards and the needs and interests of the students they teach.
	www.aatg.org /programs/KLD/thematic_units.htm (438 words)

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		The Umwelt of an organism, however, is not independent of the organism; in fact, it exists only in relation to the organism.
		Through experience in the world and mediated by the sensory and perceptual capacities of the organism, the Umwelt emerges; that is, the tools for developing an Umwelt are present from birth but each individual's Umwelt is developed by particular activities and by species-specific characteristics.
		Yet the Umwelt is not static (i.e., in equilibrium) but in a constant state of flux both at the species and individual levels.
	www.und.nodak.edu /dept/ehd/journal/Fall2002/cunningham.html (3204 words)

	Uexkull (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The first Umwelt is created when a girl sees the flower as an adornment; the second, when an ant uses its stem first as a road and then as food when it reaches the flower itself.
		The fourth and final Umwelt in his example is the relationship between the cow that grasps the stem and uses the plant for food.
		Humans' Umwelts are so diverse and their multiplicity so vast that we, as noetic organisms, may have an advantage in recognizing universal invariants.
	www.geocities.com /jorgeconesa/Biosemiotics/Uexkull.html (3159 words)

	Kalevi Kull - On semiosis, Umwelt, and semiosphere
		Thus, Umwelt is a term uniting all the semiotic processes of an organism into a whole.
		At the same time, the Umwelts of different organisms differ, which follows from the individuality and uniqueness of the history of every single organism.
		59: 'the semiosphere imposes limitations on the Umwelt of its resident populations in the sense that, to hold its own in the semiosphere, a population must occupy a "semiotic niche"') seem to show that semiosphere is something which may be partially independent of the organisms' Umwelts.
	www.zbi.ee /~kalevi/jesphohp.htm (3958 words)

	Psychology 164 Participation Module (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		umWelt refers to the "world around" the person, specifically the world of material things that exist whether someone is there to perceive them or not.
		The umWelt contains all the things that are relevant to Maslow's most basic D-type needs--the purely physiological needs, and the need for personal safety.
		In the second box, describe what you believe to be the possible costs and possible benefits at the level of safety needs, based on your understanding of the protagonist's behavior pattern.
	www.psych.upenn.edu /apt/TM/TMc2/r1/TMc2p2r1.html (413 words)

	Bundesamt für Umwelt, Wald und Landschaft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Wirtschaftliche Dimensionen der Umweltpolitik - Wirtschaftliches Gedeihen ist auf Dauer nur in einer intakten Umwelt möglich.
		UMWELT 3/2005: Wald mit Zukunft - Das neue BUWAL-Magazin versammelt Artikel zur Holznutzung, zur Bedeutung des Waldes für den Klimaschutz, den Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt, bei der Trinkwasseraufbereitung, als Schutz vor Naturgefahren und vieles mehr.
		Wirtschaftliche Dimensionen der Umweltpolitik - Unabhängige Forschungsinstitute und Expertenbüros haben in sechs Teilstudien untersucht, inwiefern Wirtschaft und Umwelt voneinander abhängen.
	www.umwelt-schweiz.ch /buwal/de (520 words)

	Schwarting Umwelt GmbH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Schwarting/Uhde process was jointly developed and patented by Schwarting Umwelt GmbH and the "Fraunhofer Institut für Grenzflächen und Bioverfahrenstechnik" in Stuttgart (FhlGB).
		However, the flow-pipe's concentration (plug-flow) presents a contrasting profile: when entering the reactor, the concentration corresponds to that of the inflow; whereas when being discharged, it corresponds to the low outflow concentration.
		Because the speed at which organic material is decomposed by anaerobic bacteria, depends upon the given concentration (monod kinetics), it is self-evident that Schwarting Umwelt fermenters achieve good decomposition results in less time, using smaller volumes.
	www.schwarting-umwelt.de /09e_ref.htm (481 words)

	Umwelt-Informationen der Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung Berlin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Der Boden ist in seinen zahlreichen Funktionen wichtiger Bestandteil unserer Umwelt – dennoch wird er durch zahlreiche Nutzungen und Übernutzungen in seinen Funktionen beeinträchtigt und gefährdet.
		Die Schwerpunkte liegen auf der betrieblichen Umweltförderung, auf umweltentlastenden infrastukturellen Maßnahmen sowie auf der Stärkung der nachhaltigen Stadt- und Regionalentwicklung.
		Mit dem Programm LIFE fördert die Europäische Union innovative Umwelt- und Naturschutzprojekte in Deutschland, der Europäischen Union und bestimmten Drittländern.
	www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de /umwelt (628 words)

	Cognitive Designs: Miller Umwelt Assessment Scale
		An Umwelt, following Uexküll's (1934/1957) use of the term refers to the subjective "world around one." Applied to behavior-disordered children, it refers to the unique reality constructed by each child and within which the child functions.
		The Miller Umwelt Assessment Scale (MUASC), therefore, is an effort to sort out the nature of this reality in order to introduce the interventions most helpful in resolving that particular child's reality problems.
		The areas of a child's developmental status that the Umwelt Assessment helps clarify are body schema development, coping with the environment, social contact and representation/ communication.
	www.cognitivedesigns.com /muasc.html (549 words)

	Stiftung Arbeit und Umwelt
		Seitdem engagiert sich die Stiftung für die „Förderung humaner Arbeits-, Umwelt- und Lebensbedingungen in einer hochentwickelten Industriegesellschaft“, wie es in der Satzung heißt.
		Dies bedeutet, aus gewerkschaftlichem Grundverständnis heraus Umweltschutz beteiligungsorientiert zu gestalten – in den Betrieben und in der Gesellschaft.
		Dabei ist es gelungen, den Zusammenhang von Arbeit, Umwelt und Beteiligung der Mitarbeiter deutlich zu machen.
	www.arbeit-umwelt.de (222 words)

	RWE AG - RWE Umwelt - Activities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		RWE Umwelt is the largest German waste-disposal enterprise and controls the RWE Group's national and international waste and recycling operations.
		A new RWE Umwelt plant grinds foreign substances such as ceramics, stone and porcelain into grains smaller than 0.8 millimeters in diameter, melting them to produce glass without leaving behind any residue.
		RWE Umwelt's environmental standards apply to all subsidiaries and affiliates in which RWE Umwelt holds a stake of more than 50 percent.
	www.rheinbraun.de /generator.aspx/templateId=print/language=en/id=5898.html (193 words)

	The Virtual Umwelt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Those machines might be considered to be one of the components of our umwelt in the context of that experience.
		Our umwelt in Cyberspace might be a very particular one, different from the rest of the real world.
		It is a "virtual umwelt" that is our own way of creating meaning from what we see, read, or listen in Cyberspace.
	www.indiana.edu /~educp550/ccolon4.html (529 words)

	TUI AG - Umweltmanagement
		Die TUI AG, Europas führender Reisekonzern, und die Regierung der Balearischen Inseln haben auf der Internationalen Tourismus-Börse in Berlin ein Rahmenabkommen zum Erhalt und zur Förderung der Umwelt in dieser wichtigen Urlaubsdestination geschlossen.
		Eine intakte Umwelt ist Voraussetzung für schöne Ferien.
		Daher engagiert sich TUI bereits seit Jahren für den Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt und eine nachhaltige InWertsetzung von Schutzgebieten weiter...
	www.tui-umwelt.com (375 words)

	Does a robot have an Umwelt? - Reflections on the qualitative biosemiotics of Jakob von Uexküll (ResearchIndex)
		Abstract: It is argued that the notion of Umwelt is relevant for contemporary discussions within theoretical biology, biosemiotics, the study of Artificial Life, Autonomous Systems Research and philosophy of biology.
		Focus is put on the question of whether an artificial creature can have a phenomenal world in the sense of the Umwelt notion of Jakob von Uexkll, one of the founding figures of biosemiotics.
		1.7: UMWELTS and Artificial Devices - A Reflection on the text of..
	citeseer.ist.psu.edu /479529.html (207 words)

	Umwelt im Netz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		"Umwelt im Netz" bietet stattdessen eine Auswahl von Adressen, die Umweltinformationen und -dienstleistungen von allgemeinem Interesse anbieten.
		AT: Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft
		Hessen - Hessisches Ministerium für Umwelt, ländlichen Raum und Verbraucherschut...
	www.umweltbundesamt.de /www-links/index.php3 (517 words)

	Lycos Search : Umwelt
		Try a search for "Umwelt" on one of these sites: Find: UK Worldwide...
		Environmental issues seem to be in the public eye with increasing frequency these days.
		Below is a short sample of the essay "Was Machst du persönlich für die Umwelt?".
	search.lycos.co.uk /cgi-bin/pursuit?query=Umwelt&cat=loc&lyca=MI&matchmode=and&mtemp=main&etemp (248 words)

	Special Issue about Jakob von Uexküll
		Solomon Marcus – On the logical and semiotic status of Jakob von Uexküll’s concept of Umwelt.
		Malte C.W. Herwig – The unwitting muse: Jakob von Uexküll’s theory of Umwelt and twentieth-century literature.
		Andreas Roepstorff – Brains in scanners: An Umwelt of cognitive neuroscience.
	www.zbi.ee /~uexkull/biosemiotics/cont.htm (448 words)

	Bibliography
		Albert Fuchs, "Aufwind für Deuteromarkus" [Impetus for Deutero-Mark], Studien zum Neuen Testament und seiner Umwelt.
		Albert Fuchs, "Bevormundung oder Die Arroganz der halben Wahrheit" [Patronizing or the Arrogance of the Half Truth], Studien zum Neuen Testament und seiner Umwelt 19 (1994): 161-172.
		Lk 9:10b-17: A Preliminary Sketch], Studien zum Neuen Testament und seiner Umwelt 22 (1997): 181-203.
	www.mindspring.com /~scarlson/synopt/catalog.htm (8168 words)

	Dow Products and Businesses News: SAFECHEM⁺ Umwelt Service GmbH received a Certificate of Merit from the ...
		Umwelt Service GmbH received a Certificate of Merit from the European Solvent Industry Group (ESIG)
		SAFECHEM+ Umwelt Service GmbH received a Certificate of Merit from the European Solvent Industry Group (ESIG) as part of its Solvent Stewardship Awards 2002.
		The award was presented to companies that were best able to demonstrate significant and cost-effective health, safety and environmental improvements in the use of solvents.
	news.dow.com /prodbus/2003/20030205z.htm (247 words)

	Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Umwelt- und Humantoxikolgie - e.V. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Umwelt- und Humantoxikolgie - e.V. Vorstand
		weck des Vereins ist die Förderung von Wissenschaft und Forschung auf dem Gebiet der Umwelt- und Humantoxikologie.
		Förderung, Archivierung und Dokumentation von wissenschaftlichen Publikationen über schädliche Einwirkungen auf Umwelt und Mensch
	www.wuerzburg.de /dguht-homepage (123 words)

	EUROPA - Umwelt
		'Umwelt 2010: Unsere Zukunft liegt in unserer Hand'
		Sie finden hier aktuelle Informationen über den Zustand der Umwelt, aber auch über politische Initiativen und Fragen der Gesetzgebung.
		Als Umweltkommissar freue ich mich darauf, in Zusammenarbeit mit der Generaldirektion Umwelt künftige Herausforderungen anzugehen und zu bewältigen.
	europa.eu.int /comm/environment/index_de.htm (445 words)

	1-4/134 (2001) Semiotica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The new concept of Umwelt: A link between science and the humanities
		On the logical and semiotic status of Jakob von Uexküll’s concept of Umwelt
		The unwitting muse: Jakob von Uexküll’s theory of Umwelt and twentieth-century literature
	www.degruyter.de /journals/semiotica/sem134_1-4.html (376 words)

	Die ÖGUT (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Umwelt und Technik)
		Mai traten unter Beisein von Lebensminister Josef Pröll beim ÖGUT-Supercup-Wuzzelturnier, Organisationen der drei Gruppen Umwelt, Wirtschaft und Verwaltung gegeneinander an.
		MANAGEMENT and UMWELT heißt der europaweit einzigartige interdisziplinäre Lehrgang von Umwelt Management Austria.
		Die interdisziplinäre Ausbildung dient allen jetzigen und zukünftigen Führungskräften in Wirtschaft und Verwaltung, sie richtet sich an Akademiker ebenso wie an Praktiker mit fundierter Erfahrung in ihrem Bereich und ermöglicht es, den Faktor Umwelt als integralen Bestandteil moderner Managementanforderungen effizient zu bewältigen.
	www.oegut.at (747 words)

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