The abstract analysis of the world by mathematics and physics rests on the concepts of space and time.

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• James J. Gibson:

  Psychology is still trying to explain the perception of the position of an object in space, along w

• James J. Gibson:

  I also assume that they are not simply the physical properties of things as now conceived by physic

• James J. Gibson:

  A mechanical encounter or other energy-exchange may cause tissue damage.

• James J. Gibson:

  The human young must learn to perceive these affordances, in some degree at least, but the young of

• James J. Gibson:

  There has been a great gulf in psychological thought between the perception of space and objects on

• James J. Gibson:

  Hence it is that the shape of something is especially meaningful.

• James J. Gibson:

  The meaning or value of a thing consists of what it affords.

• James J. Gibson:

  What a thing is and what it means are not separate, the former being physical and the latter mental

• James J. Gibson:

  The perception of what a thing is and the perception of what it means are not separate, either.

• John Eccles:

  The body and dendrites of a nerve cell are specialized for the reception and integration of informa