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J.J. Gibson – Affordances

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James J. Gibson From: The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception Chapter 8 THE THEORY OF AFFORDANCES I have described the environment as the surfaces that separate substances from the medium in which the animals live. But I have also described what the environment affords animals, mentioning the terrain, shelters, water, fire, objects, tools, other animals, and human displays. How do we go from surfaces to affordances? And if there is information in light for the perception of surfaces, is there information for the perception of what they afford? Perhaps the composition and layout…

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