tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20790888781696834772024-03-19T02:44:52.762-07:00Utopian realismUTOPISM.
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Welcome to the English language blog of Morten Tønnessen, Professor of philosophy at University of Stavanger's Department of Social Studies.Morten Tønnessenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739932997305992100noreply@blogger.comBlogger5144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079088878169683477.post-4662224084618741622024-03-19T02:43:00.000-07:002024-03-19T02:44:05.368-07:00Read-only link to "Understanding subjecthood and experience"<p style="text-align: justify;">My correspondence text "Understanding subjecthood and experience", which clarifies my views <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s12304-023-09549-4">in response to Jablonka and Ginsburg</a>, is available for reading (only) <a href="https://rdcu.be/dBn46">here</a>.</p>Morten Tønnessenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739932997305992100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079088878169683477.post-39197670024704894712024-03-19T02:31:00.000-07:002024-03-19T02:31:04.685-07:00"Kan velferd og miljø måles i forlengelsen av BNP?" rejected by Samfunnsøkonomen<div style="text-align: justify;">A few days ago, our article "Kan velferd og miljø måles i forlengelsen av BNP?" was rejected by <i>Samfunnsøkonomen</i>.</div>Morten Tønnessenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739932997305992100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079088878169683477.post-11247164190020681812024-03-18T11:13:00.000-07:002024-03-18T11:13:41.456-07:00#24,5<p style="text-align: justify;">Today I have had a writing day with some 600 words added to my article about applied Umwelt theory and phenomenology.</p>Morten Tønnessenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739932997305992100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079088878169683477.post-6026854248707215012024-03-15T05:15:00.000-07:002024-03-15T05:15:58.433-07:00Commentary to Jablonka and Ginsburg "Understanding subjecthood and experience" published in Biosemiotics<p style="text-align: justify;">My correspondence text "Understanding subjecthood and experience" has just been published in <i>Biosemiotics</i>. This is a brief commentary written in response to Jablonka & Ginsburg´s 2023 article <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s12304-023-09549-4">"Living and experiencing: Response to commentaries"</a>, which I felt misrepresented my views.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Reference:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><blockquote>Tønnessen, Morten 2024. Understanding subjecthood and experience. Correspondence. <i>Biosemiotics</i>. Published online March 15th 2024. <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12304-024-09557-y">https://doi.org/10.1007/s12304-024-09557-y </a></blockquote><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12304-024-09557-y"></a><p></p>Morten Tønnessenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739932997305992100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079088878169683477.post-91761365885570879332024-03-15T02:50:00.000-07:002024-03-15T02:50:45.284-07:00Review<p style="text-align: justify;">I have recently done a peer review for the journal <i><a href="https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/cogsem/html?lang=en">Cognitive Semiotics</a></i>.</p>Morten Tønnessenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739932997305992100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079088878169683477.post-30354602126891579962024-03-15T02:17:00.000-07:002024-03-15T02:18:52.669-07:00University board discussion of suggested work planning guidelines; new Khrono story<p style="text-align: justify;">Last afternoon Khrono published the story <a href="https://www.khrono.no/vil-ha-nye-retningslinjer-for-forskningstid-stoppet/857682">"Vil ha nye retningslinjer for forskningstid stoppet"</a> (Wants new guidelines for research time stopped), focused on discussion, to put it mildly, in the university board about the University of Stavanger leadership´s suggestions for new work planning guidelines. With indirect reference to my statements published in Khrono earlier, board member Ketil Fred Hansen said during the University of Stavanger board meeting yesterday that "— Vi blir ikke redusert til å være en høgskole gjennom dette, men vi havner ned på nivået til en videregående skole" (— We are not reduced to being a university college by this, but end up down on the level of a high school). </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXy9IIN0Rrp0ok-EMjMV2fWA8SAMYV_2frqObpwCs9SbuYhWAFOVNrOlCu8pZGQ4ORG23RzAOw6aEs9tIwc3nti5iovD0K2vJnjemeIuG8_EDzb3JoG-Tm7tGVmaznm1jcNb5bFoBgDKTPxuuJBFD2mqs8s5W6xF0c6imHXbKOSpnX8un8zKvbMhRF1Ww/s1126/KHRONO%20PA%CC%8A%20FB%20MED%20KETIL%20FRED%20HANSEN%20Skjermbilde%202024-03-15%20kl.%2009.57.31.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="1060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXy9IIN0Rrp0ok-EMjMV2fWA8SAMYV_2frqObpwCs9SbuYhWAFOVNrOlCu8pZGQ4ORG23RzAOw6aEs9tIwc3nti5iovD0K2vJnjemeIuG8_EDzb3JoG-Tm7tGVmaznm1jcNb5bFoBgDKTPxuuJBFD2mqs8s5W6xF0c6imHXbKOSpnX8un8zKvbMhRF1Ww/s320/KHRONO%20PA%CC%8A%20FB%20MED%20KETIL%20FRED%20HANSEN%20Skjermbilde%202024-03-15%20kl.%2009.57.31.png" width="301" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjoAKOkuRyJnZGj41Xb0d5RyTu0hxazPg4qcMyhHRIZWnllHJIFGmrDMF6ALP_7wIDpGwWnE1kFII4Kd1iuFcyWHJXU085GpBADUyM_1V8-4tXP0w0CrW6aHWPhzhfgIncx4HXlVm0ToU5lQhF4UoiHSCvgNww-Njjj9MertzXDZCIdx3tT0xbbi9I8B4/s720/KHRONO%20FRONT%20PAGE%20KETIL%20FRED%20HANSEN%20Skjermbilde%202024-03-15%20kl.%2010.14.44.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="684" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjoAKOkuRyJnZGj41Xb0d5RyTu0hxazPg4qcMyhHRIZWnllHJIFGmrDMF6ALP_7wIDpGwWnE1kFII4Kd1iuFcyWHJXU085GpBADUyM_1V8-4tXP0w0CrW6aHWPhzhfgIncx4HXlVm0ToU5lQhF4UoiHSCvgNww-Njjj9MertzXDZCIdx3tT0xbbi9I8B4/s320/KHRONO%20FRONT%20PAGE%20KETIL%20FRED%20HANSEN%20Skjermbilde%202024-03-15%20kl.%2010.14.44.png" width="304" /></a><br /><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;">In the board meeting, which was streamed and <a href="https://www.khrono.no/ser-behov-for-a-bli-toffere-pa-omfordeling/857262">can be watched here</a>, he backed this up by saying that certain high schools give teachers more time to prepare for teaching than the UIS leadership has now suggested in the new work planning guidelines. In the board meeting, the Khrono coverage featuring me (<a href="https://www.khrono.no/hoyskolevisjonen-for-uis/853140">letter to the editor</a> and <a href="https://www.khrono.no/vil-spare-penger-ved-a-kutte-i-forskningstiden/853018">interview</a> respectively) was referred to by both board members representing UIS employees, and by Director of business management and development John Viflot, although I was not mentioned by name (but mentioned by Hansen as "one of our colleagues").</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Hansen said the suggested guidelines should be withdrawn, and that he has demanded that the university board, not rector Klaus Mohn, makes any decision related to new work planning guidelines. This was supported by several other board members.</p>Morten Tønnessenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739932997305992100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079088878169683477.post-74004945266130313172024-03-14T04:04:00.000-07:002024-03-14T04:06:44.108-07:00"Wasted GDP in the USA" reached 10.000 Article accesses<p style="text-align: justify;">My article <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-023-02210-y">"Wasted GDP in the USA"</a>, published last October, has now reached 10.000 Article accesses. This is the quickest any of my articles have reached that many reads.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vTiMqvnsGygGwiqaKCUfDgOLBQYucoEMk186ETrVBJoTAU7s7kkVfr5jKy-xDEcRhqyLH3-vHjrE45UExAqnAXd4dP4GdKh8cavtvNnexuH1Q5B-wdak4_vTLHxL8TVGYS0NOOxgY1r3fktj1XurhCB7klIrnndTZZgA-8kJoMCyC4Vyoi2BRJqvsg4/s1526/WGc%2010k%20reads%20Skjermbilde%202024-03-14%20kl.%2012.00.27.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="1526" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vTiMqvnsGygGwiqaKCUfDgOLBQYucoEMk186ETrVBJoTAU7s7kkVfr5jKy-xDEcRhqyLH3-vHjrE45UExAqnAXd4dP4GdKh8cavtvNnexuH1Q5B-wdak4_vTLHxL8TVGYS0NOOxgY1r3fktj1XurhCB7klIrnndTZZgA-8kJoMCyC4Vyoi2BRJqvsg4/s320/WGc%2010k%20reads%20Skjermbilde%202024-03-14%20kl.%2012.00.27.png" width="320" /></a></div>Morten Tønnessenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739932997305992100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079088878169683477.post-2515233991260338172024-03-13T09:12:00.000-07:002024-03-13T09:12:58.340-07:00#23,5<p style="text-align: justify;">Today I have had an article writing day, with some 800 words added to my article "Applied Umwelt theory in the context of phenomenological triangulation and descriptive phenomenology", and my letter to the editor "Understanding subjecthood and experience" proof-read. So far this Spring I have logged 23,5 writing days.</p>Morten Tønnessenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739932997305992100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079088878169683477.post-63730433361936736022024-03-12T09:03:00.000-07:002024-03-12T09:06:50.370-07:00Letter to the editor "Understanding subjecthood and experience" accepted by Biosemiotics<p style="text-align: justify;">I have been notified that my commentary "Understanding subjecthood and experience" has been accepted for publication in <i>Biosemiotics</i>. I have revised it in one round.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">See also:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://utopianrealism.blogspot.com/2024/01/letter-to-editor-understanding.html">Letter to the editor "Understanding subjecthood and experience" written and submitted to Biosemiotics</a></p>Morten Tønnessenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739932997305992100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079088878169683477.post-6610161762678899092024-03-11T09:29:00.000-07:002024-03-11T09:32:58.149-07:00#22,5Today I have had an article writing day with some 1100 words added to my article "Applied Umwelt theory in the context of phenomenological triangulation and descriptive phenomenology". So far this Spring I have had some 22,5 writing days.Morten Tønnessenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739932997305992100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079088878169683477.post-78692121251001790452024-03-08T08:59:00.000-08:002024-03-08T09:00:58.413-08:00#21,5<p style="text-align: justify;">Today I have had an article writing day, with some 100 words written. I mainly did some editing and literature search for the second article I co-write with Joakim Jiri Haaland, whom I supervise for his ph.d. I also got some editorial information and feedback and made some plans with regard to my chapter "Ecological semiotics", which will be part of the 3rd edition of <i>Encyclopedia of Ecology</i>, and the article on Arne Næss´ views on economics which I co-write with Jan Karlstrøm and Thomas Hylland Eriksen, which we got back from <i>Norsk Filosofisk Tidsskrift</i> for revision. So far this Spring I have had 21,5 writing days.</p>Morten Tønnessenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739932997305992100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079088878169683477.post-2295335530253580792024-03-08T00:20:00.000-08:002024-03-08T00:20:01.621-08:00Google Scholar: 1054 citations; "Semiotic agency" book now 4th most-cited work<p style="text-align: justify;">According to Google Scholar (cf. <a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RCBb6dMAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao">my profile</a>) my research has been cited 1054 times (+18 since <a href="https://utopianrealism.blogspot.com/2024/02/google-scholar-1036-citations-h-index-19.html">February 9th</a>). This includes 17 citations registered in 2024 (+12 since February 9th). While my h-index remains 19, my i10-index is now 37 (+1 since February 9th), meaning that 37 of my articles have been cited at least 10 times each.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">With 45 citations, including 10 citations so far in 2024, the book <i>Semiotic agency: Science beyond mechanism</i>, which I co-wrote with Alexei Sharov, is now my 4th most-cited publication (as of <a href="https://utopianrealism.blogspot.com/2024/01/google-scholar-2023-second-best-year.html">January 3rd</a>, it was at #9).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Below are my 5 most-cited publications.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxqk9GiHdavn3wrehyphenhyphenAXWDkDWTk5KBwiZpQGoh3twyQDJNcWTr3HB4TMREU1rD2Ksa-GxkBPhUYS-1hgX8E4L9w8Uu0URcY7WRVdUPg1lZxoS-h5XjLlnGKEClBwyufsxAeFR2HR6PK2862T4eTDlsY2zYf5fBQcBZqc9h4nsiSS8pn4ekvIlCCn96rLg/s1752/GOOGLE%20SCHOLAR%20MT%20TOP5%20Skjermbilde%202024-03-08%20kl.%2009.15.37.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1110" data-original-width="1752" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxqk9GiHdavn3wrehyphenhyphenAXWDkDWTk5KBwiZpQGoh3twyQDJNcWTr3HB4TMREU1rD2Ksa-GxkBPhUYS-1hgX8E4L9w8Uu0URcY7WRVdUPg1lZxoS-h5XjLlnGKEClBwyufsxAeFR2HR6PK2862T4eTDlsY2zYf5fBQcBZqc9h4nsiSS8pn4ekvIlCCn96rLg/s320/GOOGLE%20SCHOLAR%20MT%20TOP5%20Skjermbilde%202024-03-08%20kl.%2009.15.37.png" width="320" /></a></div>Morten Tønnessenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739932997305992100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079088878169683477.post-67477918016221903702024-03-07T07:34:00.000-08:002024-03-07T07:37:09.160-08:00Stories no longer among Khrono´s 5 most-read; summary <p style="text-align: justify;">Until last evening - Wednesday March 6th - the two stories on Khrono featuring me, including my letter to the editor, was among the 5 most-read stories there. From this morning onwards they were out of the most-read list. The <a href="https://www.khrono.no/vil-spare-penger-ved-a-kutte-i-forskningstiden/853018">news story featuring an interview with me</a> was among Khrono´s 5 most-read stories from Wednesday February 28th to Wednesday March 6th (8 days). <a href="https://www.khrono.no/hoyskolevisjonen-for-uis/853140">My letter to the editor</a> was among the 5 most-read stories on Khrono from Friday March 1st to Wednesday March 6th (6 days).</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKam7K8_zHGAWiBTiheSRWK-FKV85Dabbqj6AmgZTGQkJ87kjgCQjUijAb3OjgBwfVAK_b0OJfSbkApEK8V90uG49RldauVlxjD2jnbCOUKR4xXqJJaPhmoRSau0HbcQ9jWxmzHy1PrNehOaSEbmudBFf7UyzlGgPq9bH8JsQGR8hRQhZjb9A22Sg-MPg/s1306/KHRONO%20MEST%20LEST%20%232%20%234%20Skjermbilde%202024-03-06%20kl.%2019.06.10.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1306" data-original-width="698" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKam7K8_zHGAWiBTiheSRWK-FKV85Dabbqj6AmgZTGQkJ87kjgCQjUijAb3OjgBwfVAK_b0OJfSbkApEK8V90uG49RldauVlxjD2jnbCOUKR4xXqJJaPhmoRSau0HbcQ9jWxmzHy1PrNehOaSEbmudBFf7UyzlGgPq9bH8JsQGR8hRQhZjb9A22Sg-MPg/s320/KHRONO%20MEST%20LEST%20%232%20%234%20Skjermbilde%202024-03-06%20kl.%2019.06.10.png" width="171" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3_a1YSyMbw3Lxv-qGPGnzURLyul4zKqQE5OrYfZWE1-fEG7FLhg4zz2RhrDLZApV8tMUkBzkfbs93kZUJjDk0aSsohWrRn3rCt4-rxXWCeAh3lhnoOVyKXdw7qZNRNBpKfV4Wg1Z2_ZtuDduZcZ_Bw7QXzxnD-AwcOiA0GlFfIHj-7ScZyKi656t1zc/s1410/KHRONO%20MEST%20LEST%20MT%20UTE%20Skjermbilde%202024-03-07%20kl.%2009.59.17.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1410" data-original-width="670" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3_a1YSyMbw3Lxv-qGPGnzURLyul4zKqQE5OrYfZWE1-fEG7FLhg4zz2RhrDLZApV8tMUkBzkfbs93kZUJjDk0aSsohWrRn3rCt4-rxXWCeAh3lhnoOVyKXdw7qZNRNBpKfV4Wg1Z2_ZtuDduZcZ_Bw7QXzxnD-AwcOiA0GlFfIHj-7ScZyKi656t1zc/s320/KHRONO%20MEST%20LEST%20MT%20UTE%20Skjermbilde%202024-03-07%20kl.%2009.59.17.png" width="152" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;">See also:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://utopianrealism.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-two-most-read-stories-on-khrono.html">The two most-read stories on Khrono</a></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://utopianrealism.blogspot.com/2024/03/new-khrono-follow-up-story-two-stories.html">New Khrono follow-up story; two stories still among 5 most-read</a></p>Morten Tønnessenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739932997305992100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079088878169683477.post-24677549773824661902024-03-07T07:24:00.000-08:002024-03-07T07:25:07.682-08:00Third lecture in environmental psychology<p style="text-align: justify;">Today I gave my third lecture in the master of psychology course "Miljøpsykologi" (environmental psychology), on the topic «Dyrs og menneskers livsverdener» (The lifeworlds of animals and humans), focused on the Umwelt theory of Jakob von Uexküll.</p>Morten Tønnessenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739932997305992100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079088878169683477.post-79387451413414313442024-03-06T03:17:00.000-08:002024-03-06T03:17:51.195-08:006 abstracts reviewed for IACS5<p style="text-align: justify;">This week I have helped review 6 abstract submitted to the organizers of the <a href="https://konferens.ht.lu.se/iacs-5/">Fifth Conference of the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics (IACS-5)</a>, which is to be held August 15-17, 2024, in Lund, Sweden,</p>Morten Tønnessenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739932997305992100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079088878169683477.post-32844791904839991462024-03-05T08:33:00.000-08:002024-03-05T08:33:52.527-08:00#20,5<p style="text-align: justify;">Today I have had an article writing day with some 1000 words added to my article "Applied Umwelt theory in the context of phenomenological triangulation and descriptive phenomenology", and a little work done also on my book manuscript <i>Captured: CCS and the fight for the soul of the environmental movement</i>. With altogether some 1200 words written this has been my second-most productive writing day so far this Spring in terms of words written. So far this Spring I have logged 20,5 writing days.</p>Morten Tønnessenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739932997305992100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079088878169683477.post-81929014360613972512024-03-05T02:18:00.000-08:002024-03-05T02:18:17.392-08:00New Khrono follow-up story; two stories still among 5 most-read<p style="text-align: justify;">Yesterday Khrono published the news story <a href="https://www.khrono.no/store-variasjoner-i-forskningstid-landet-rundt/854182?fbclid=IwAR33RbStW1aCNKAApmVPC0FeftckqlBuqQzSa-YNHKj5FzgE0MB6qJGvsFY_aem_AVCnaOtR3vAQyNXi1jP-dKxaTzBx3Adespz50I1o6dIwxjtbjeydV1dWZsbWqK8cDWs">"Store variasjoner i forskningstid landet rundt"</a>, another follow-up to the <a href="https://www.khrono.no/vil-spare-penger-ved-a-kutte-i-forskningstiden/853018">story based on an interview with me</a> published Wednesday last week.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The intitial story was the second-most read story on Khrono as of yesterday, Monday afternoon, after having been the most-read story until Sunday evening (since Wednesday evening, i.e. for 4 consecutive days), while my letter to the editor on <a href="https://www.khrono.no/hoyskolevisjonen-for-uis/853140">"Høyskolevisjonen for UIS"</a> was the 3rd most-read, after having been the 2nd most-read from Friday evening until at some point on Sunday.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixDvtltG7PH_k42OHZ7zVeyA27MwVf_TnCsaupsvluvg9jtUXvXF50_zPC7VzySCI1uK_UosnlvRZBez_vhY8j03Aj_AsMIxBfrX6udFzYZ0YV_k0kos4YHH417A4HRuQ2E4mu_XntkgaC3Ng_GIW0_4WgOFgYaU71lMUrAEb6D2V9nT-dZQeeviSnUJA/s1226/KHRONO%20MEST%20LEST%20MT%232%20%233%20Skjermbilde%202024-03-04%20kl.%2017.50.55.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1226" data-original-width="684" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixDvtltG7PH_k42OHZ7zVeyA27MwVf_TnCsaupsvluvg9jtUXvXF50_zPC7VzySCI1uK_UosnlvRZBez_vhY8j03Aj_AsMIxBfrX6udFzYZ0YV_k0kos4YHH417A4HRuQ2E4mu_XntkgaC3Ng_GIW0_4WgOFgYaU71lMUrAEb6D2V9nT-dZQeeviSnUJA/s320/KHRONO%20MEST%20LEST%20MT%232%20%233%20Skjermbilde%202024-03-04%20kl.%2017.50.55.png" width="179" /></a></div><p>See also:</p><p><a href="https://utopianrealism.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-two-most-read-stories-on-khrono.html">The two most-read stories on Khrono</a></p>Morten Tønnessenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739932997305992100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079088878169683477.post-78462519803890869982024-03-05T00:29:00.000-08:002024-03-05T00:30:18.021-08:00Council of animal ethics meeting attended; encountering GPFG Council on ethics representatives<p style="text-align: justify;">Yesterday I attended a meeting of Norway´s Council for animal ethics, the first this year, at Thon Hotel Opera in Oslo. Among other things, we were visited by representatives of the Council on ethics of Norway´s Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG).</p>Morten Tønnessenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739932997305992100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079088878169683477.post-57294035823117652452024-03-01T12:19:00.000-08:002024-03-01T12:20:16.847-08:00The two most-read stories on Khrono<p style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="https://www.khrono.no/vil-spare-penger-ved-a-kutte-i-forskningstiden/853018">news story featuring an interview with me</a> on the University of Stavanger´s suggested new guidelines for work planning is still the most-read story on Khrono. Earlier today, my (related) letter to the editor <a href="https://www.khrono.no/hoyskolevisjonen-for-uis/853140">"Høyskolevisjonen for UIS"</a> entered the top 5 list; now it has climbed to no. 2., so that I´m currently involved in the two most-read stories on Khrono.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFHchy2vpzlD-6tf1969NChNrGFhcDdMKEAzF3lgOwBAbBhG457jWA4JA2uil206j9uwnLROhM4YVFO9s8Nl32rcCHkvLgmKWR6oDsbg3G6v6Onbg0Br9mk68ywp1QG8tcW-FFT2OjGL4EsYZNbIXZTyo_ShhdJ_mKMik5DzZDvL8MEkAt26QpImPiGO0/s1330/KHRONO%20MEST%20LEST%20H%C3%98YSKOLEVISJONEN%20%232%20Skjermbilde%202024-03-01%20kl.%2021.06.07.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1330" data-original-width="694" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFHchy2vpzlD-6tf1969NChNrGFhcDdMKEAzF3lgOwBAbBhG457jWA4JA2uil206j9uwnLROhM4YVFO9s8Nl32rcCHkvLgmKWR6oDsbg3G6v6Onbg0Br9mk68ywp1QG8tcW-FFT2OjGL4EsYZNbIXZTyo_ShhdJ_mKMik5DzZDvL8MEkAt26QpImPiGO0/s320/KHRONO%20MEST%20LEST%20H%C3%98YSKOLEVISJONEN%20%232%20Skjermbilde%202024-03-01%20kl.%2021.06.07.png" width="167" /></a></div><p>See also:</p><p><a href="https://utopianrealism.blogspot.com/2024/02/most-read-story-on-khrono.html">Most-read story on Khrono</a></p><p><a href="https://utopianrealism.blogspot.com/2024/03/follow-up-news-story-in-khrono.html">Follow-up news story in Khrono</a></p>Morten Tønnessenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739932997305992100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079088878169683477.post-74244801278322896992024-03-01T08:40:00.000-08:002024-03-01T08:40:06.884-08:00#19,5<p style="text-align: justify;">Today I have had what ended up as half an article writing day, with some 500 words added to my article on applied Umwelt theory in the context of phenomenology. So far this Spring I have had 19,5 writing days.</p>Morten Tønnessenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739932997305992100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079088878169683477.post-17353280743788424982024-03-01T03:33:00.000-08:002024-03-01T03:33:49.201-08:00Proposal for IAEP 2024: "Umwelt phenomenology, the human condition, and the nature crisis"<p style="text-align: justify;">I have composed and submitted the proposal and abstract below to the organizers of IAEP 2024, the 28th conference of the International Association for Environmental Philosophy, which will be held online May 22-24th.</p><p>*</p><p><b>Umwelt phenomenology, the human condition, and the nature crisis </b></p><p><b>PROPOSAL</b> </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Edmund Husserl famously thematized science´ forgetting of the lifeworld in what was after his death published as <i>Die Krisis der europäischen Wissenschaften und die Tranzendentale Phänomenologie</i>, published in English translation as <i>The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology: An Introduction to Phenomenological Philosophy</i>. In a somewhat similar way, the biologist Jakob von Uexküll, who contributed originally to theoretical biology and our understanding of science, decried the ´meaning-blind´ biology of his time. Drawing on the fact that the experience of animals is constrained by the sensory and behavioral repertoire of each organism and takes place within the context of species-specific configurations of time and space, the Umwelt theory von Uexküll developed was programmatically presented as subjective biology. This makes his Umwelt theory relevant for phenomenology, so that his work warrants the designation <i>Umwelt phenomenology</i>. This is also supported by the fact that central phenomenologists, including Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty, have related to and made use of von Uexküll´s work. While he applied the Umwelt perspective not only to animals, but to humans as well, particularly in <i>Streifzüge durch die Umwelten von Tieren und Menschen</i>, published in English translation as <i>A Foray into the Worlds of Animals and Humans</i>, unfortunately, human Umwelten remained undertheorized in his work. Hannah Arendt, however, in her book <i>The Human Condition</i>, discussed the human condition and observed a crisis within the natural sciences play out as an inability to be relatable to normal speech and thought. Although she saw the significance of our evolving global perspective and power, which is today often conceptualized in terms of the <i>Anthropocene</i>, Arendt failed to acknowledge the decisive difference our anthropocentric bias makes in matters of ontology and epistemology alike. From the perspective of Umwelt phenomenology, I have argued that today´s environmental crisis can be conceived of as an <i>ontological crisis</i> involving the extinction and marginalization of myriads of lifeworlds. As is well established, the environmental crisis is characterized by extensive anthropogenic environmental change. This can be conceptualized in terms of <i>Umwelt transitions</i>. The ongoing nature crisis is most blatantly observable in rapidly escalating climate change, and the well-documented marginalization of wild terrestrial mammals, which now account for only 4% of terrestrial mammalian biomass, as documented by Bar-On and colleagues in their inventive work on “The biomass distribution on Earth”. Arguably, the last decades´ scientific neglect, theoretically and methodologically, of the agency, subjectivity, and worth of living beings has contributed to this intensifying and deepening nature crisis. With its objectivistic, mechanistic perspective on the natural world, the scientific enterprise has in practice facilitated and helped justify a real-life objectification, de-souling, exploitation, and commodification of living beings as mere means and resources. It is high time to replace this outdated and harmful outlook with a philosophically based scientific framework more fit for the 21st century. One way forward entails acknowledging the semiotic agency of all that lives, and start planning for the socio-ecological and economic transformations that will be required to solve the environmental crisis in the next few decades. This will have to involve a serious rethinking of the human condition and how we think about our place in nature. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>ABSTRACT </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Edmund Husserl famously thematized science´ forgetting of the lifeworld. In a somewhat similar way, the theoretical biologist Jakob von Uexküll decried the ´meaning-blind´ biology of his time, developing what I call “Umwelt phenomenology”. In her book <i>The Human Condition</i>, Hannah Arendt observed a crisis within the natural sciences play out as an inability to be relatable to normal speech and thought. I discuss the ongoing nature crisis in light of these perspectives, and make some observations on how we can rethink matters related to the human condition, our place in nature, and science´s role in justifying exploitation of living beings.</p>Morten Tønnessenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739932997305992100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079088878169683477.post-38261367728801296082024-03-01T01:47:00.000-08:002024-03-01T01:47:45.890-08:00IACS5 plenary speakers presented in cognitive semiotics newsletter<p style="text-align: justify;">The 2023 newsletter of the International Association for Cognitive Semiotics, IACS News, published in December, includes presentation of the six plenary speakers for <a href="https://konferens.ht.lu.se/iacs-5/">the forthcoming IACS conference to be held in Lund, Sweden</a> this Summer (August 15th to 17th), with the theme "Crises of meaning". </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The newsletter can be read in full <a href="https://iacs.dk/2023_IACSNewsletter.pdf">here</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1192" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKsTyKARNvfui5ztbnbNN-2CS1CrOZd01u6_ONn_DOhtFu9o0ZWecmT3CNQ57G26tinWjAOFFq51mlp0n9KzD_tAwrCxdjRoPs8wnBhPs2mn36HwaInoKeK9eRntQtDwxKCC1dK2Q8qlgHtPb-_t54EUBqeO1sgIMMxHqnjk_E2j2DfozJysBrzcQQOxA/s320/IACS5%20PLENARY%20SPEAKERS%20Skjermbilde%202024-03-01%20kl.%2010.43.18.png" width="312" /></a></div></div>Morten Tønnessenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739932997305992100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079088878169683477.post-12950011766560698282024-03-01T01:36:00.000-08:002024-03-01T01:37:26.501-08:00Publication date announced for book "Elemental-embodied thinking for a new era"<p style="text-align: justify;">The book <i>Elemental-Embodied Thinking for a New Era</i>, edited by Lenart Skof, Sashinungla, and Sigridur Thorgeirsdottir, where I contribute with the chapter "A biosemiotic perspective on the human condition and the environmental crisis", now has a new planned publication date, May 30th, according to <a href="https://link.springer.com/book/9783031421181">Springer´s website for the book</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7nJGPhaN9czrYeUYoWaZgV_hn2FUTd2GMl_1utr07K-LYCcY6n_aZ9yHVIsl9EmOdf2fhZTQvJS-AYybS6TgcpDmyDUZmolXKleD7uVzaKi1J1SWRRHwr697eV9qsIncEJ1OpHMcCiIPysLfTjBTR49LDCXMKK4hjqDkZv8g60bm7k5kEKW_ZX91HW0k/s400/Elemental-embodied%20thinking%20COVER.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="265" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7nJGPhaN9czrYeUYoWaZgV_hn2FUTd2GMl_1utr07K-LYCcY6n_aZ9yHVIsl9EmOdf2fhZTQvJS-AYybS6TgcpDmyDUZmolXKleD7uVzaKi1J1SWRRHwr697eV9qsIncEJ1OpHMcCiIPysLfTjBTR49LDCXMKK4hjqDkZv8g60bm7k5kEKW_ZX91HW0k/s320/Elemental-embodied%20thinking%20COVER.jpg" width="212" /></a></div>Morten Tønnessenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739932997305992100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079088878169683477.post-79855752296276493302024-03-01T01:16:00.000-08:002024-03-01T01:18:18.320-08:00Interview on work life ethics republished in Ledernytt<p style="text-align: justify;">The magazine Ledernytt has republished an interview with me done some years ago, <a href="https://www.ledernytt.no/god-bedriftskultur-skal-laere-medarbeiderne-aa-modnes-i-moralsk-forstand.6195401-112537.html">"God bedriftskultur skal lære medarbeiderne å modnes i moralsk forstand"</a> (A good company culture should teach coworkers to mature in moral terms).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1X4qrcXf0LumkRZBsgaXuA-_k3OH8aoo_NGNwPnBVn06s_RV600S3I0ZfVVd2fzykkj3YuMdo24v-H8dSwvWGJevXQXc4UULvZ-YPdDeQJtri5dj_SYsz5JFaTReReg_vLHkfQv-oB7n5xcUdvEftMm0xYsLK13xkameoElBgl4PSmmUQoipwg-hEJA/s994/LEDERNYTT%20FB%20Skjermbilde%202024-03-01%20kl.%2010.17.04.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="994" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1X4qrcXf0LumkRZBsgaXuA-_k3OH8aoo_NGNwPnBVn06s_RV600S3I0ZfVVd2fzykkj3YuMdo24v-H8dSwvWGJevXQXc4UULvZ-YPdDeQJtri5dj_SYsz5JFaTReReg_vLHkfQv-oB7n5xcUdvEftMm0xYsLK13xkameoElBgl4PSmmUQoipwg-hEJA/s320/LEDERNYTT%20FB%20Skjermbilde%202024-03-01%20kl.%2010.17.04.png" width="320" /></a></div>Morten Tønnessenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739932997305992100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079088878169683477.post-79277140409429169672024-03-01T00:59:00.000-08:002024-03-01T01:00:24.944-08:00Follow-up news story in Khrono<p style="text-align: justify;">Khrono has published a follow-up news story to <a href="https://www.khrono.no/vil-spare-penger-ved-a-kutte-i-forskningstiden/853018">the news story published Wednesday</a> featuring an interview with me on the University of Stavanger´s suggested guidelines for work planning. The news story is titled <a href="https://www.khrono.no/guro-lind-dette-er-en-farlig-vei-a-ga-og-jeg-blir-dypt-bekymret/853911">"Guro Lind: — Dette er en farlig vei å gå og jeg blir dypt bekymret"</a> (Guro Lind: This is a dangerous path to go down and I am deeply concerned), and features comments by Guro Lind, Head of the Norwegian trade union Forskerforbundet, a trade union for researchers, as well as by professor Tony Burner. The news story also refers to comments made to the original story on Khrono and Facebook. The new story links to the original story, and to <a href="https://www.khrono.no/hoyskolevisjonen-for-uis/853140">my related letter to the editor</a>, but does not mention me by name.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUcVmRoPiwHKRQh87YcQvyws3qEJhCbEANRyLvg-LbX4F3DmYlP6BIA5qPk6sLuJfDrpT2RHhwzeO7RuTAh7CZX2Nsa9Sb468LFP3jA2WjI4USRoFr_uHdF6Ky7QU493ImDKLwVmVi5w6N1A6LqZZrid9fibF7FT_k5VU5yybEVjZ-a0Yno9qGK4eO-E/s2178/KHRONO%20FORSKERFORBUNDET%20REAGERER%20Skjermbilde%202024-03-01%20kl.%2009.57.39.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="2178" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUcVmRoPiwHKRQh87YcQvyws3qEJhCbEANRyLvg-LbX4F3DmYlP6BIA5qPk6sLuJfDrpT2RHhwzeO7RuTAh7CZX2Nsa9Sb468LFP3jA2WjI4USRoFr_uHdF6Ky7QU493ImDKLwVmVi5w6N1A6LqZZrid9fibF7FT_k5VU5yybEVjZ-a0Yno9qGK4eO-E/s320/KHRONO%20FORSKERFORBUNDET%20REAGERER%20Skjermbilde%202024-03-01%20kl.%2009.57.39.png" width="320" /></a></div>Morten Tønnessenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01739932997305992100noreply@blogger.com0