The Senses Considered as Perceptual Systems
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The Senses Considered as Perceptual Systems is a foundational 1966 book by psychologist James J. Gibson that reconceptualizes human senses as active, exploratory systems for directly perceiving the environment.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19756069 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Senses Considered as Perceptual Systems Context triple: [James J. Gibson, notableWork, The Senses Considered as Perceptual Systems]
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A.
“Sensations and Brain Processes”
“Sensations and Brain Processes” is a landmark 1959 philosophical paper in which J. J. C. Smart defends the mind–brain identity theory by arguing that sensations are nothing over and above brain processes.
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B.
The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception
The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception is a foundational 1979 book by psychologist James J. Gibson that introduced the theory of direct perception and the concept of affordances in understanding how organisms perceive their environments.
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C.
The Reliability of Sense Perception
The Reliability of Sense Perception is a major work in epistemology by William Alston that defends the justificatory role of perceptual experience in forming rational beliefs about the external world.
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D.
The Perception of the Visual World
The Perception of the Visual World is a foundational 1950 book by psychologist James J. Gibson that introduced his influential ecological approach to visual perception.
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E.
Gibsonian theory of perceptual learning
The Gibsonian theory of perceptual learning is a psychological framework proposing that perception improves through direct interaction with the environment, as individuals learn to detect increasingly subtle and useful information (or "invariants") in sensory input without relying on internal representations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Senses Considered as Perceptual Systems Target entity description: The Senses Considered as Perceptual Systems is a foundational 1966 book by psychologist James J. Gibson that reconceptualizes human senses as active, exploratory systems for directly perceiving the environment.
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A.
“Sensations and Brain Processes”
“Sensations and Brain Processes” is a landmark 1959 philosophical paper in which J. J. C. Smart defends the mind–brain identity theory by arguing that sensations are nothing over and above brain processes.
-
B.
The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception
The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception is a foundational 1979 book by psychologist James J. Gibson that introduced the theory of direct perception and the concept of affordances in understanding how organisms perceive their environments.
-
C.
The Reliability of Sense Perception
The Reliability of Sense Perception is a major work in epistemology by William Alston that defends the justificatory role of perceptual experience in forming rational beliefs about the external world.
-
D.
The Perception of the Visual World
The Perception of the Visual World is a foundational 1950 book by psychologist James J. Gibson that introduced his influential ecological approach to visual perception.
-
E.
Gibsonian theory of perceptual learning
The Gibsonian theory of perceptual learning is a psychological framework proposing that perception improves through direct interaction with the environment, as individuals learn to detect increasingly subtle and useful information (or "invariants") in sensory input without relying on internal representations.
- F. None of above. chosen
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