JC Herz

The Eternal Umwelt

One of the treasures that E.O. Wilson bestowed on his undergraduates was the concept of the umwelt.  Umwelt: the world as a particular animal experiences it. On a sensory level – visual acuity, hearing, smell – and the semiotics of what sensory stimuli signify in the instinctual context forged by genetics and learning.  As one…

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