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Kalevi Kull
Researcher at University of Tartu
Publications - 151
Citations - 3443
Kalevi Kull is an academic researcher from University of Tartu. The author has contributed to research in topics: Semiotics & Biosemiotics. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 139 publications receiving 3133 citations. Previous affiliations of Kalevi Kull include Estonian University of Life Sciences & Estonian Academy of Sciences.
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Adaptive evolution without natural selection
TL;DR: A mechanism of evolution that ensures adaptive changes without the obligatory role of natural selection is described, according to this mechanism, the first event is a plastic adaptive change (change of phenotype), followed by stochastic genetic change which makes the transformation irreversible.
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How Can the Study of the Humanities Inform the Study of Biosemiotics
Donald Favareau,Kalevi Kull,Gerald Ostdiek,Timo Maran,Louise Westling,Paul Cobley,Frederik Stjernfelt,Myrdene Anderson,Morten Tønnessen,Wendy Wheeler +9 more
TL;DR: A collection of contributions from 10 scholars working in the field of biosemiotics and the humanities as discussed by the authors considers nature in culture and frames this by asking the question "Why does Biosemiotic need the humanities?".
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Evolution, Choice, and Scaffolding: Semiosis is Changing Its Own Building
TL;DR: A semiotic model of evolution is developed, pointing out the role of confusion and choice as a condition for semiosis, which is a precondition for semiotic learning and semiotic adaptation.
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Biosemiotic Questions
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the biosemiotic approach to the study of life processes by fashioning a series of questions that any worthwhile semiotic study on life should ask.
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Towards biosemiotics with Yuri Lotman
TL;DR: The authors examine les conceptions de Lotman sur les relations entre la semiotique and la biologie and montre qu'il a formule un certain nombre de questions importantes and propose de nouveaux concepts (semiosphere, sphere de comportement, relation entre symetrie et asymetrie, dialogue and independance des individus, hypotheses for the creation of new textes, etc.) which forment une bonne base, voire meme un cadre approprie, pour l'analyse future des problem