NDLI: Are affordances normative?

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Heras Escriba, Manuel Pinedo, Manuel
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	In this paper we explore in what sense we can claim that affordances, the objects of perception for ecological psychology, are related to normativity. First, we offer an account of normativity and provide some examples of how it is understood in the specialized literature. Affordances, we claim, lack correctness criteria and, hence, the possibility of error is not among their necessary conditions. For this reason we will oppose Chemero’s (2009) normative theory of affordances. Finally, we will show that there is a way in which taking advantage of affordances could be considered as possessing a normative character, but only when they are evaluated within the framework of social normative standards in particular situations. This reinforces our claim that affordances, per se, lack normativity and can only be taken to be rule-governed in relation to established normative practices.
Starting Page	565
Ending Page	589
Page Count	25
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15687759
Journal	Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
Volume Number	15
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15728676
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2015-09-09
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Affordances Normativity Perception Ecological psychology Phenomenology Philosophy of Mind Cognitive Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Philosophy Cognitive Neuroscience

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Are affordances normative?