This is a book about how we see: the environment around us (its surfaces, their layout, and their colors and textures); where we are in the environment; whether or not we are moving and, if we are, where we are going; what things are good for; how to do things (to thread a needle or drive an automobile); or why things look as they do. The basic assumption is that vision depend...
This is a book about how we see: the environment around us (its surfaces, their layout, and their colors and textures); where we are in the environment; whether or not we are moving and, if we are, where we are going; what things are good for; how to do things (to thread a needle or drive an automobile); or why things look as they do. The basic assumption is that vision depends on the eye which is connected to the brain. The author suggests that natural vision depends on the eyes in the head on a body supported by the ground, the brain being only the central organ of a complete visual system. When no constraints are put on the visual system, people look around, walk up to something interesting and move around it so as to see it from all sides, and go from one vista to another. That is natural vision -- and what this book is about.
The world of physical reality does not consist of meaningful things. The world of ecological reality, as I have been trying to describe it, does. If what we perceived were the entities of physics and mathematics, meaning would have to be imposed on them. But if what we perceive are the entities of environmental science, their meanings can be discovered. (查看原文)
Events as the Primary Realities. In the first place, the flow of ecological events is distinct from the abstract passage of time assumed in physics. The stream of events is heterogeneous and differentiated into parts, whereas the passage of time is supposed to be homogeneous and linear. Isaac Newton asserted that "absolute, true, and mathematical time, of itself and from its own nature, flows equably without relation to anything external." But this is a convenient myth. It assumes that events occur "in" time and that time is empty unlessed "filled." This habitual way of thinking puts the cart before the horse. We should begin thinking of events as the primary realities and of time as an abstraction from them - a concept derived mainly from regular repeating events, such as the ticking of c... (查看原文)
4 有用 mlln 2019-01-31 19:25:45
讨论动物感知与生态环境的作品，枯燥啰嗦，不过，这简直就是社交媒体研究必读书，处处放光芒。第八章affordances尤其值得细读。
0 有用 Mag 2017-06-11 14:23:33
很多设计理论的原点原来都在这里 放弃主观世界-客观世界的二分法，重新看待我们和包围我们的环境。开拓了我原来狭小的世界观。难啃，但需要一读再读。
1 有用 felsina 2025-04-15 05:40:17 意大利
今天读了一些现象学理论谈object，着实感觉隔行如隔山（并不是读不懂，而是觉得每个领域内部的引用和参照体系太过均质了），而这些哲学家为什么不来了解一下affordance的概念呢，另外非常喜欢从生态和生物的角度来思考medium, substance, surface。
28 有用 五色石 2014-02-10 15:32:33
非常好的一本书，目前已签约引进，正在翻译中。
1 有用 江湖夜雨十年灯 2023-03-11 10:38:32 江苏
这是一本关于我们如何看待的书：我们周围的环境（它的表面、布局、颜色和纹理）;我们在环境中的位置;我们是否在移动，如果我们正在移动，我们将要去哪里;什么东西有好处;如何做事（穿针引线或驾驶汽车）;或者为什么事情看起来是这样的。基本假设是视觉取决于与大脑相连的眼睛。作者认为，自然视觉取决于头部的眼睛在地面支撑的身体上，大脑只是完整视觉系统的中枢器官。当视觉系统不受任何限制时，人们环顾四周，走到有趣的东... 这是一本关于我们如何看待的书：我们周围的环境（它的表面、布局、颜色和纹理）;我们在环境中的位置;我们是否在移动，如果我们正在移动，我们将要去哪里;什么东西有好处;如何做事（穿针引线或驾驶汽车）;或者为什么事情看起来是这样的。基本假设是视觉取决于与大脑相连的眼睛。作者认为，自然视觉取决于头部的眼睛在地面支撑的身体上，大脑只是完整视觉系统的中枢器官。当视觉系统不受任何限制时，人们环顾四周，走到有趣的东西上，绕着它移动，以便从四面八方看到它，然后从一个远景走到另一个远景。这是自然的视觉——也是这本书所要讨论的。 (展开)