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September 10, 2025SyntheseOpen Access

Ecological perspectivism: understanding perspectival realism through ecological psychology

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BSBruno Malavolta e SilvaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoECEros Moreira de CarvalhoNational Council for Scientific and Technological DevelopmentRFRodrigo Sabadin FerreiraUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

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Implication

Ecological psychology integrates affordances in studying perspectival realism, suggesting insights into scientific practice.

Key Points

  • Ecological perspectivism claims that scientific knowledge is shaped by affordances, which depend on the abilities of the observer.
  • The theory highlights that perception is closely tied to embodied cognition through the usage of instruments that extend our abilities.
  • Model pluralism is supported by ecological perspectivism, emphasizing the role of tools in embodying and extending cognitive processes.
  • Natural kinds are reinterpreted in ecological perspectivism, linking scientific perspectives to the relational nature of affordances.

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Silva et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1d97154b1d3bfb60fae5bhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-025-05222-0
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