Affordances can't be redefined as symbols
Affordances aren't like symbols. They don't mediate between the organism and its environment. Affordances are directly "picked up" by the organism. So it is inapporpriate to redefine affordances as symbols.
James Greeno & Joyce Moore (1993).
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Artificial Intelligence »Artificial Intelligence
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Can computers think? [1] »Can computers think? [1]
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Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3] »Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3]
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The Representationalist Assumption »The Representationalist Assumption
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The representational tradition is flawed »The representational tradition is flawed
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The Situated Action Paradigm »The Situated Action Paradigm
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Affordances are features of the environment »Affordances are features of the environment
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Affordances are just symbolic representations »Affordances are just symbolic representations
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Affordances can't be redefined as symbols
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Affordances need to be redefined »Affordances need to be redefined
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