Scarantino, Andrea M. (2002) Affordances Explained. In: UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

I examine the central theoretical construct of ecological psychology, the concept of an affordance. In the first part of the paper, I illustrate the role affordances play in Gibson’s theory of perception. In the second part, I argue that affordances are to be understood as dispositional properties, and explain what I take to be their characteristic background circumstances, triggering circumstances and manifestations. The main purpose of my analysis is to give affordances a theoretical identity enriched by Gibson’s visionary insight, but independent of the most controversial claims of the Gibsonian movement.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Scarantino, Andrea M.
Depositing User:	Program Committee
Date Deposited:	27 Jun 2003
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:11
Item ID:	1104
Public Domain:	No
Date:	2002
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/1104

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