RHETOR 109 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Organism, Sunburn, Umwelt
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Relationship between exteriority (external world) and interiority (live bodies) Dewey thinks of the same question as canguilhem: c thinks of this through history of science, dewey through art. Circular, no edges, no start/ end, venn diagram, egg/ potato, also something contained. What do you consider the environment (ex. Center on: how humans shape/ manipulate environment, how the environment relates to humans, plurality of environments: relation to environment. E based on human 100% (from psychology perspective) social environment shape people. Anthropomorphism v. sphere understanding of totality, centers the human. Retheorize ideas of reflexes (animals are not simply built) Cause and effect relation? lungs) (2) or organism has certain needs, makes use of what is already there. In a geographical space, there are many environments; organisms carve out their own environments. Sunburns (do we carve out the environment to have the sun cause sunburn?: we are arranged in a way (melanin) that invites this.
