Thanks for explaining about the umwelt! I was unfamiliar with the term but it does a great job of giving a way of talking about what we might otherwise think of as the intersubjective from a biological perspective and ties philosophical concepts in with the example of how they have been implemented by life on Earth.
I’m glad you find it interesting! I think it’s a helpful concept in closing the gap between “subjectivist” and the “objectivist” chasm. What’s also interesting is that if thought about more, two views on information emerges. One, it’s everywhere like everything is information! We can only perceive what our biology affords us to detect (and in what quality). Second, it’s all inside us. There is no information out there in the real world! It’s all generated by us (even the value). This is quite counter-intuitive. And pretty scary when used in education. It’s just all in your heads! But, for now, I think holds more water. It just needs to be treated more a more sophisticated manner than many social constructivists do.
Thanks for explaining about the umwelt! I was unfamiliar with the term but it does a great job of giving a way of talking about what we might otherwise think of as the intersubjective from a biological perspective and ties philosophical concepts in with the example of how they have been implemented by life on Earth.
I’m glad you find it interesting! I think it’s a helpful concept in closing the gap between “subjectivist” and the “objectivist” chasm. What’s also interesting is that if thought about more, two views on information emerges. One, it’s everywhere like everything is information! We can only perceive what our biology affords us to detect (and in what quality). Second, it’s all inside us. There is no information out there in the real world! It’s all generated by us (even the value). This is quite counter-intuitive. And pretty scary when used in education. It’s just all in your heads! But, for now, I think holds more water. It just needs to be treated more a more sophisticated manner than many social constructivists do.