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Gibson’s reasons for realism and gibsonian reasons for anti-realism: an ecological approach to model-based reasoning in science

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dc.contributor.authorSanches de Oliveira, Guilherme
dc.contributor.departmentFilosofía
dc.contributor.editorPapafragou, A., Grodner, D., Mirman, D., & Trueswell, J.C.
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-23T13:01:00Z
dc.date.available2026-02-23T13:01:00Z
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dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractRepresentational views of the mind traditionally face a skeptical challenge on perceptual knowledge: if our experience of the world is mediated by representations built upon perceptual inputs, how can we be certain that our representations are accurate and our perceptual apparatus reliable? J. J. Gibson’s ecological approach provides an alternative framework, according to which direct perception of affordances does away with the need to posit internal mental representations as intermediary steps between perceptual input and behavioral output. Gibson accordingly spoke of his framework as providing “reasons for realism.” In this paper I suggest that, granting Gibson his reasons for perceptual realism, the Gibsonian framework motivates antirealism when it comes to scientific theorizing and modeling. If scientists are Gibsonian perceivers, then it makes sense to take their use of models in indirect investigations of real-world phenomena not as representations of the phenomena, but rather as autonomous tools with their own affordances.
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dc.identifier.citationSanches de Oliveira, G. (2016) Gibson’s Reasons for Realism and Gibsonian Reasons for Anti-Realism: An Ecological Approach to Model-Based Reasoning in Science. Papafragou, A., Grodner, D., Mirman, D., \& Trueswell, J.C. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, pp. 1373-1378. Austin, TX: Cognitive Science Society. ISBN: 978-0-9911967-3-9
dc.identifier.eissn1069-7977
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10201/210941
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherCognitive Science Society
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dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, pp. 1373-1378
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dc.subjectPerception
dc.subjectEcological psychology
dc.subjectAffordances
dc.subjectRepresentation
dc.subjectPhilosophy of science
dc.subjectScientific modeling
dc.subject.odsNo relacionado con ningún objetivo de desarrollo sostenible
dc.titleGibson’s reasons for realism and gibsonian reasons for anti-realism: an ecological approach to model-based reasoning in science
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