Biosemiotics 17(2) published; special issue "Umwelt theory and phenomenology" featuring 16 articles; correspondence article published in issue

Biosemiotics´ special issue "Umwelt theory and phenomenology", which is guest-edited by Carlo Brentari and me, has now been published as volume 17, issue 2 of the journal. The special issue features an editorial and 15 original research articles, and spans over pp. 265-585 of volume 17 (321 pp). 

Updated, complete references:

— Brentari, Carlo & Morten Tønnessen (2024). Introduction to the Special Issue ‘Umwelt Theory and Phenomenology’. Editorial. Biosemiotics 17(2): 265–272. Published online July 19th 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12304-024-09583-w  

— Brentari, Carlo & Morten Tønnessen (guest editors, 2024). “Umwelt theory and phenomenology”. Special issue of Biosemiotics, vol. 17, no. 2 (August 2024). https://link.springer.com/journal/12304/volumes-and-issues/17-2 

The issue also contains 9 more articles which are not part of the special issue. This includes my correspondence text "Understanding subjecthood and experience", first published online in March. Updated and complete reference: 

— Tønnessen, Morten (2024). Understanding subjecthood and experience. Correspondence. Biosemiotics 17(2): 733–735. Published online March 15th 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12304-024-09557-y  

Read-only link to "Understanding subjecthood and experience"

My correspondence text "Understanding subjecthood and experience", which clarifies my views in response to Jablonka and Ginsburg, is available for reading (only) here.

Commentary to Jablonka and Ginsburg "Understanding subjecthood and experience" published in Biosemiotics

My correspondence text "Understanding subjecthood and experience" has just been published in Biosemiotics. This is a brief commentary written in response to Jablonka & Ginsburg´s 2023 article "Living and experiencing: Response to commentaries", which I felt misrepresented my views.

Reference:

Tønnessen, Morten 2024. Understanding subjecthood and experience. Correspondence. Biosemiotics. Published online March 15th 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12304-024-09557-y 

#23,5

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.

Letter to the editor "Understanding subjecthood and experience" accepted by Biosemiotics

I have been notified that my commentary "Understanding subjecthood and experience" has been accepted for publication in Biosemiotics. I have revised it in one round.

See also:

Letter to the editor "Understanding subjecthood and experience" written and submitted to Biosemiotics

#2,5

Today I have had an article writing day, #2,5 this Spring, with some 1.100 words written altogether, mostly on the letter to the editor "Understanding subjecthood and experience" (see previous post), and secondarily on the book chapter "Ecological semiotics".

Letter to the editor "Understanding subjecthood and experience" written and submitted to Biosemiotics

Today I have written and submitted a Letter to the editor - or Correspondence - to Biosemiotics, titled "Understanding subjecthood and experience", in response to Eva Jablonka and Simona Ginsburg´s article "Living and Experiencing: Response to Commentaries", which was recently published in Biosemiotics.

See also:

Jablonka and Ginsburg´s response to my commentary on their target article; with comments