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... Uexküll's extensive behavioral studies , can be mentioned . Take , e.g. , a unicellular organism like the paramecium . Its almost only way of response is the flight reaction ( phobotaxis ) by which it reacts to the most diverse ...
... Uexküll's extensive behavioral studies , can be mentioned . Take , e.g. , a unicellular organism like the paramecium . Its almost only way of response is the flight reaction ( phobotaxis ) by which it reacts to the most diverse ...
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... Uexküll ) which perceive a greater number of impressions per second than man . Thus , the fighting fish ( Betta ) does ... Uexküll's sense is increased . This time experience is paralleled by a corresponding increase of the frequency of ...
... Uexküll ) which perceive a greater number of impressions per second than man . Thus , the fighting fish ( Betta ) does ... Uexküll's sense is increased . This time experience is paralleled by a corresponding increase of the frequency of ...
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... Uexküll's thesis - that a rather small selection of stimuli is used as guiding signals . As for the connections of these stimuli , i.e. , the categories of experi- ence , they need not mirror the nexus of real events but must , with a ...
... Uexküll's thesis - that a rather small selection of stimuli is used as guiding signals . As for the connections of these stimuli , i.e. , the categories of experi- ence , they need not mirror the nexus of real events but must , with a ...
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The Meaning of General System Theory | 30 |
Science and Society | 51 |
Advances in General System Theory | 89 |
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