An outline of a theory of affordances

Chemero, A. (2003). An outline of a theory of affordances. Ecological Psychology, 15(2), 181-195.

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Journal article

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Year

2003

DOI

10.1207/s15326969eco1502_5

Link

https://doi.org/10.1207/S15326969ECO1502_5

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• Affordance
  • The signature is fundamentally a fit relation: it does not predict that an action will occur, only that it is available to be taken by an appropriately equipped agent.

    This sourceFormalizes affordances as relations between agents' abilities and environmental features — real and perceivable but properties of neither relatum — grounding the 'two-knob' view that varying either side transforms the action-possibility set; supports markers 109, 117, 119.

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