Affordances and their ontological core

The notion of affordance remains elusive, notwithstanding its importance for the representation agency, cognition, and behaviors. This paper lays down a foundation an ontology affordances by elaborating idea “core affordance” which would serve as common ground explaining existing diverse conceptions their interrelationships. For this purpose, it analyzes M. T. Turvey’s dispositional theory in light formal dispositions. Consequently, two kinds so-called affordances” are proposed: specific general ones. Inspired directly original account, core is intimately connected to agent, reciprocal with counterpart effectivity (which disposition) agent within agent-environment system. On opposite, does not depend on individual agents; rather, realization involves action instance determinate class agents. utility such illustrated examining how they can be leveraged formalize other major accounts affordances. Additionally, briefly outlined employed analyze three notions that closely allied affordances: environment, image schemas, intentions.