Understanding affordances: history and contemporary development of Gibson’s central concept

Gibson developed the affordance concept to complement his theory of direct perception that stands in sharp contrast with the prevalent inferential theories of perception. A comparison of the two approaches shows that the distinction between them also has an ontological aspect. We trace the history a...

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Main Authors: Dobromir G. Dotov, Lin Nie, Matthieu M. de Wit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre for Philosophical Research 2012-12-01
Series:Avant: Journal of Philosophical-Interdisciplinary Vanguard
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Online Access:http://avant.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/DDLNMW-Understanding-affordances.pdf