Persons and affordances

Patrizio Lo Presti

doi:10.1080/10407413.2019.1689821

Persons and affordances

Patrizio Lo Presti

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Abstract

Interdisciplinary interest in affordances is increasing. This paper is a philosophical contribution. The question is: Do persons offer affordances? Analysis of the concepts ‘person’ and ‘affordance’ supports an affirmative answer. On a widely accepted understanding of what persons are, persons exhibit many of the features typical of socionormative affordances. However, to understand persons as offering affordances requires, on the face of it, stretching traditional understandings of the concept of affordance: persons, in contrast to the organisms that partially constitute persons, do not seem to be available to perception. This and similar worries are responded to.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	25-40
Journal	Ecological Psychology
Volume	32
Issue number	1
Early online date	2019 Nov 18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10407413.2019.1689821
Publication status	Published - 2020 Jan 27

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Philosophy
Medical and Health Sciences

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Affordances
Persons
Norms
Social ontology
Social cognition

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