We offer an ecological (Gibsonian) alternative to cognitive (im)penetrability Whereas Pylyshyn explains cognitive (im)penetrability by focusing solely on computations carried out by the nervous system, according to the ecological approach the perceiver as a knowing agent influences the entire animal-environmental system: in the determination of what constitutes the environment (affordances), what constitutes information, what information is detected and, thus, what is perceived.
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Univ Utah, Dept Philosophy, 215 Cent Campus Dr 1140 E 800 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USAUniv Utah, Dept Philosophy, 215 Cent Campus Dr 1140 E 800 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 USA
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Univ Torino, Dipartimento Filosofia & Sci Educ, Via St Ottavio 20, I-10124 Turin, ItalyUniv Torino, Dipartimento Filosofia & Sci Educ, Via St Ottavio 20, I-10124 Turin, Italy