I think the Wikipedia summary might be incomplete. Feedback cycles are central to von Uexküll’s theory. He described the Umwelt as a dynamic process where an organism's sense organs pick up cues from the environment, leading to actions that change the environment, which in turn creates new cues.
This would be a deeper dive: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/380319292_The_circulation_of_meaning_a_biosemiotic_perspective_on_the_functional_circle
More than once I've caught myself looking up expiration dates on food products... when I could just properly handle, smell and taste food items and learn to determine what it's supposed to be like when it's fresh.