Umwelt
Definitions
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- noun One's surroundings or environment; the outer world as perceived by organisms within it.
Examples
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Now, presumably, every animal assumes that its Umwelt is the entire objective reality out there, because why would you ever stop to imagine that there's something beyond what we can sense.
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The relationship between the cognizer and its phenomenal world is very much like the relationship between an organism and its Umwelt.
Note
The word 'Umwelt' comes from German Umwelt ('environment').
