The Reciprocity of Perceiver and Environment - Softcover

Book 7 of 36: Psychology Library Editions: Perception

Lombardo, Thomas J.

 
9780805800494: The Reciprocity of Perceiver and Environment
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0805800492 ISBN 13: 9780805800494
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc, 1987

Synopsis

Originally published in 1987, this title intended to historically reveal, through tracing Gibson's development, the substance of his views and how they bore upon general philosophical issues in theories of knowledge, and to investigate in detail the historical context of Gibson's theoretical position within psychology. Though the author has included a history of Gibson's perceptual research and experimentation, the focus is to explicate the 'dynamic abstract form' of Gibson's ecological approach. His emphasis is philosophical and theoretical, attempting to bring out the direction Gibson was moving in and how such changes could restructure the theoretical fabric of psychology. He devotes considerable attention to the Greeks, Medievalists, and the founders of the Scientific Revolution. This is because Gibson's theoretical challenge runs deep into the structure of western thought. The authors' central goal was to set Gibson's ecological theory within the historical context of fundamental philosophical-scientific issues.

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Publisher
Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc
Publication date
1987
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0805800492
ISBN 13 
9780805800494
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
416