Can Affordances Explain Behavior?
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The paper's approach aligns with Tillas' discussion of 'unintentionally perceived' affordances rather than Heft's view that affordances are directly tied to intentional action.
“We depart from Heft's (Heft, 1989 ) view here, wherein affordances are directly tied to intentional action. Our approach rather aligns with Tillas' (Tillas et al., 2017) discussion of 'unintentionally perceived' affordances, as in the way an infant might learn about the physical support afforded by their bed partly by unintentionally extending their limbs beyond the bed frame.”
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- Authors
- Tillas, A., Vosgerau, G., Seuchter, T., & Caiani, S. Z.
- Affiliations
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
- University of Florence (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Tillas, Alexandros
- Venue
- Review of Philosophy and Psychology
- Published
- 2016-05-09
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 295-315
- ISSN
- 1878-5158 (ISSN-L)
- 1878-5166
- OpenAlex
- W2345933757
- Cited by
- 25
- References
- 62
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 1.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-nd
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Review of Philosophy and Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Florence Research (University of Florence) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Embodied and Extended Cognition
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Free Will and Agency
- Keywords
- affordances, motor intention, intentional action, relational properties, embodied cognition
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