The Philosophy of Affordances (New Directions in Philosophy and Cognitive Science) – PDF

The Philosophy of Affordances (PDF) is the primary monograph totally devoted to analyzing the philosophical features of affordances. The concept of affordance, coined and developed in the sphere of ecological psychology, explains the probabilities for motion accessible in the setting. This distinctive work supplies a scientific method to the important thing philosophical options of affordances, like their ontological characterization, their affiliation to normative practices, and the idea of company that follows from viewing affordances as key objects of notion, whereas additionally providing an revolutionary philosophical characterization of affordances as dispositional properties. This ebook, The Philosophy of Affordances evaluates the results {that a} correct understanding of affordances has for the philosophy of thoughts and the cognitive sciences, and intends to accentuate the dialogue between philosophy and ecological psychology in which each and every self-discipline advantages from the instruments and insights of the opposite. NOTE: The product only contains The Philosophy of Affordances in PDF. No access codes are included.