Affordances and organizational functions
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Abstract In this paper, we bring together the concepts of affordance from ecological psychology and function organizational approach to philosophy biology into a single integrative framework. This integration allows us account for biological basis notion affordance, offering theoretical tools address normative interrelations between organisms their environments.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Biology and Philosophy
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1572-8404', '0169-3867']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-023-09891-4