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World: The expression "world" refers to the entirety of existence, including the physical universe, diverse cultures, societies, and natural phenomena. It represents the interconnectedness within the cosmos, offering a perspective on the tangible and intangible aspects of existence. See also Totality, Existence, Reality, World/thinking.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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Daisie Radner on World - Dictionary of Arguments

I 410
Def Environment/J. von Uexküll/Radner: the factors that affect the animal. Their number and solidarity is determined by the animal's construction plan.
Def Inner world/J. v. Uexküll/Radner: consists of the effects produced by the environmental factors in the nervous system. These effects are also ensured and regulated by the construction plan.
>Inner world
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I 411
For example, the hetero-phenomenological problem of color blindness is essentially an environmental problem.
>Heterophänomenology.
I 411
Environment/Inner world/Radner: both can be approached from the viewpoint of the 1st and the 3rd person.
>First Person.
I 412
This distinction does not correspond to that between car and hetero-phenomenology.
Hetero-phenomenology: 1st, 3rd Person/environment/inner world: all combination of questions are possible.
Environment/hetero-phenomenological: 3rd person: E.g.: "How do things appear to the subject?"
1st Person: E.g. "How would things appear to me if I had a sense device like that of the subject?"
>Appearance, >Perception.
Inner world/hetero-phenomenological: 3rd person: E.g.: "How are the experiences of the subject?"
>Experiences.
1st Person: E.g. "How would my experiences be if I were in the circumstances of the subject and had certain characteristics in common with it?".
I 418
Environment/Animal/Radner: the (Uexkull's) environment of an animal can be explored independently of any consideration of its inner world.
>Environment/Uexküll, >Environment, >Animals.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Radner I
Daisie Radner
"Heterophenomenology. Learning About the Birds and the Bees", in: Journal of Philosophy 91 (1994) pp. 389-403
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Der Geist der Tiere, D Perler/M. Wild, Frankfurt/M. 2005


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