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April 10, 2025
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AN AFFORDANCE-BASED APPROACH TO THE ORIGINS OF CONCEPTS

Publicated to:The Modern Legacy of Gibson’S Affordances for the Sciences of Organisms. 2024; (): 83-100 - 2024-01-01 (), DOI: 10.4324/9781003396536-7

Authors: Heras-Escribano M; Travieso D; Lobo L

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Universidad a Distancia de Madrid - Author
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - Author
Universidad de Granada - Author

Abstract

Several approaches have taken affordances as a basis for explaining cognitive processes beyond perception and action, such as language, imagination, and social practices. Another critical aspect of our mental life that can be explained from an affordance-based perspective is the origins of concepts. The perceptual basis of concepts is a traditional theme in the history of philosophy, one that has been approached from either a nativist or an empiricist perspective. Here, we seek to explain the natural origins of concepts from an affordance-based perspective that overcomes the traditional nativist versus empiricist debate. We argue that affordances are key to make sense of our experience and our concepts, as they provide the materials from which we can build them up. We sketch a positive, constructive story that explains the origins of concepts starting from experience. We propose the idea of implicit or embodied concepts as a non-discursive link between basic and discursive cognition. These embodied concepts are bodily know-how through which we patternize the world. This bodily know-how is formed, thanks to the experience we gain from perceiving and acting upon affordances. Thus, embodied concepts can be considered affordance-based states that are the missing link between experience and discursive or explicit conceptual content.

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-07-16:

  • Scopus: 1

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-16:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 3 (PlumX).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (LOBO NAVAS, LORENA).