@tonychemero.bsky.social and I have written a short James Gibson's bio for The Palgrave Encyclopaedia for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology. Check it out! ⬇️
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In this entry, we detail the academic journey of J. J. Gibson through his career as a perceptual psychologist. We make special emphasis on direct perception and the theory of affordances.