Ecological Psychology
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Recent papers in Ecological Psychology
In this short piece I endevour to show that affordance 'stands forth' in the real-time present of behaviour; That behaviour is afforded by direct perception which is always already the affordance of affording of behaviour.
A tout instant, quoi que nous fassions, nous sommes environnés par des corps qui réduisent l’espace et opposent de la résistance. Que sont ces corps qui saturent notre quotidien et avec lesquels il nous faut constamment négocier l’espace... more
COVID-19 infects cities, here grasped as quasi-living functioning systems, and the changes inflicted can poetically open us to certain things. Drawing on ecological psychology, we maintain that this brings people into contact with... more
The paper shows the nomological basis for the emergence of intentionality and meaning, the "epistemic dimension of the world" from first (universal physical) principles.
Contemporary societies are confronted with a socio-ecological crisis. Thus, humans are facing a moral challenge, one where they have to adopt a new lifestyle in order to survive on a planet that no longer seems to be able to sustain... more
""This chapter presents an analysis of ecological empowerment as a theme in digital game narratives. Since game mechanics often are designed so that players gain more powerful ways of interacting with a game environment (improved... more
What do we see, hear or sense? Do we experience the world around us as structured and rich with meaning or do we perceive it thinly in basic sensorial properties that are grasped and interpreted non-perceptually? Questions of this kind... more
COVID-19 infects cities, here grasped as quasi-living functioning systems, and the changes inflicted can poetically open us to certain things. Drawing on ecological psychology, we maintain that this brings people into contact with... more
Something has meaning when it has the property of "information about" some part of the world with respect to an end or ends of some intentional system or agent. Intentional systems are end-directed systems, but not all end-directed... more
In adopting new theoretical advancements within linguistics and ecological psychology, this paper investigates humor from an ecological perspective in naturally occurring social interaction. In doing so, it is claimed that the notions of... more
Previous research suggests that consumers can be encouraged to purchase environmentally friendly groceries by means of persuasive messages. The present intervention study investigated whether providing information about how consumers can... more
ABSTRACT The paper aims to examine the ways in which ecological psychology can offer a useful theoretical framework for the analysis of child-centered museum environments, such as children’s museums or children’s galleries located within... more
This article focuses on situations and emotional perception. To this end, I start with the Kuleshov effect wherein identical shots of performers manifest different expressions when cut to different contexts. However, I conducted... more
My main objective in this article will be to compare Heidegger's description of the way we perceive our environment in everyday coping -- which is based on the concept of equipment (Zeug) -- and James Gibson's theory of affordance... more
Обсуждается предмет, цели и задачи охраны природы как научно-практической дисциплины. Её значение для экологической теории определяется: 1) пониманием сообществ как мозаики нарушений на разных стадиях зарастания, и устойчивости экосистем... more
The increasing visibility of climate change and scientists’ alarming warnings about it are taking a toll on people’s mental well-being. This essay surveys the culturally resonant repertoire of new coinages that have emerged in recent... more
Review of Michael T. Turvey "Lectures on Perception. An Ecological Approach"
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... more
Linguists tend to view language in terms of forms and their use. For historical reasons, speaking and listening have often often ascribed to knowledge of a language system. Language behavior is thus seen as the production and processing... more
The recent shift towards the interdisciplinary study of the human-environment relationship is largely driven by environmental justice debates. This article will distinguish four types of environmental justice and link them to questions of... more
Gibson argued that illusory pictorial displays contain "inadequate" information (1966, p. 288) but also that a "very special kind of selective attention" (p. 313) can dispel the illusion—suggesting that adequate perceptual information... more
Texto introdutório à abordagem ecológica da percepção que será publicado na coletânea Escritos de Filosofia V: Linguagem e Cognição, Grupo Linguagem e Cognição (UFAL/CNPq). Neste texto, apresento e examino as principais ideias que... more
The following paper offers a critical account of the theory of perception developed by James J. Gibson. The account is a prelude to an alternative perspective based on what the author describes as a geosemeiotic approach to observation.