Affordances are trivial
Affordances are just another name for whatever it is in the environment that makes an organism respond as it does. But such a notion can't provide a substantial explanation of perception and adds nothing new to our knowledge of perception mechanism
For example, to say we recognize a shoe by perceiving its property of being a shoe doesn't explain anything.

Jerry Fodor & Zenon Pylyshyn (1981).
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Artificial Intelligence Â»Artificial Intelligence
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Can computers think? [1] Â»Can computers think? [1]
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Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3] Â»Yes: physical symbol systems can think [3]
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The Representationalist Assumption Â»The Representationalist Assumption
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The representational tradition is flawed Â»The representational tradition is flawed
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The Situated Action Paradigm Â»The Situated Action Paradigm
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Affordances are features of the environment Â»Affordances are features of the environment
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Affordances are trivial
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Jerry Fodor Â»Jerry Fodor
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Zenon Pylyshyn Â»Zenon Pylyshyn
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