James J. Gibson quotes
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“What a thing is and what it means are not separate, the former being physical and the latter mental as we are accustomed to believe.”
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“The meaning or value of a thing consists of what it affords.”
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“The abstract analysis of the world by mathematics and physics rests on the concepts of space and time.”
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“Hence it is that the shape of something is especially meaningful.”
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“Psychology is still trying to explain the perception of the position of an object in space, along with its shape, size, and so on, and to understand the sensations of color.”
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“The heart of the problem is not so much how we see objects in depth, as how we see the constant layout of the world around us. Space, as such, empty space, is not visible, but surfaces are.”
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“A mechanical encounter or other energy-exchange may cause tissue damage.”
-- James J. Gibson
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“The fact is, both callers and work thicken - the former sadly interfering with the latter.”
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“I am I plus my surroundings; and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself.”
Source : Meditaciones del Quijote "Lector" (1914)
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