Functional Circle - Yesterday

Japanese: 機能環 - きのうかん
Functional Circle - Yesterday

… His basic stance on physiology was a criticism of the anthropocentric view. On the one hand, it rejected anthropomorphism and paved the way for an objective description of animal behavior, but on the other hand, it brought about a revolutionary shift in biology, which at the time had fallen into the trap of mechanistic theory, and gave birth to the important concepts of the “functional circle” and the “environmental world.” The environmental world was said to consist of the perceptual world and the acting world, which were integrated by the functional circle. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "functional ring" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 彼の生理学に対する基本的な立場は人間中心的な見方への批判であった。それは一方で,擬人主義を排して客観的に動物の行動を記述する道を開いたが,もう一方で,機械論的陥穽(かんせい)に陥っていた当時の生物学に画期的転回をもたらし,〈機能環Funktionskreise〉や〈環境世界Umwelt〉という重要な概念を生んだ。環境世界は知覚世界と作用世界からなるとされ,これらは機能環によって一体化されている。…

※「機能環」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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