Talk:James J. Gibson

message: I WROTE THIS PASSAGE TO JUSTIFY THE REMOVAL OF A SILLY REFERENCE TO GIBSON IN THE ONTOLOGY ARTICLE.  I THINK IT MAY CONTAIN SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION TO ADD TO THE THE GIBSON ARTICLE, BUT I AM NO GIBSON SCHOLAR AND TOO CHICKEN TO PUT IT UP.  PERHAPS OTHERS WITH MORE COURAGE MIGHT FIND THE MATERIAL HERE USEFUL.
BY THE WAY, THE CONNECTION OF GIBSON TO THE Scottish philosopher Thomas Reid WAS OF TREMENDOUS HELP FOR ME.  PERHAPS I AM ILL READ, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IF ANYBODY CAN CONNECT REID TO THE NEW REALISTS
J. J. Gibson was a student of Holt who was himself a student of James and one of the founders of a brief philosophical movement called the New Realism. One of centeral tenants of that movement, and the one that gave Gibson's work its essential character, was the notion that organisms directly perceive environments. In fact, I believe, his theory is called by some, "direct perception theory"! In any case, in Gibson's view (says I) there is no contradiction between affordances and direct perception because an affordance is a property of an environment that can be directly perceived. Given all of this, I am surprized that J. J. didnt rise up from the grave and edit himself.
The ontology of the new realism is extremely radical. At the risk of violating some norm against hornblowing here, allow me to quote from a passage of an article I am working on. "[That ontology] places consciousness outside the conscious actor. It moves your consciousness, for instance, from being a property of you to being a property of your surroundings. This ontology turns on its head the functionalist notion that your consciousness is ontologically ?within? you but epistemologically available to you only through examination of your behavior. In the New Realist account, the contents of your consciousness are epistemologically linked to you but are ontologically outside of you. Thus, to a New Realist, an emotional feeling is a fact about the world, rather than a fact about the organism that ?has? the feeling."
--Nick Thompson 06:40, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: While the article is certainly off to a great start, it remains short and stubby. I believe we can contribute to this article greatly by broadening our focus and expanding upon ideas already mentioned. For example, we can go into more depth regarding Gibson's studies on perception by highlighting a few of his major works and discussing his findings. I really like that there is a list of publications provided, so this will serve as an excellent starting point for our research. Hopefully we will be able to find some good literature reviews that discuss this research. Pinkfloyd6491 (talk) 18:57, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Research Publications

message: Totally agree, pink.  Expanding on his theories/ theoretical beliefs and research should be a big priority for this page.  I mentioned before that his theory on stimulus blindness vs. structure blindness may be something to look into.  I also think the article should discuss his biography to some extent.  The History of Psychology encyclopedia should give us quite a bit to work with.Brandon Fischer (talk) 20:23, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article Focus  

message: Hey group! 
So my suggestion is to have new titles and headers to develop the page more.
My suggestions for the page would be to do:
Background, 
Life (education, and early career), 
Major Works (Perception of the visual world, The Senses Considered, and The Ecological Approach)
and Legacy/Conclusions.
--Emily Lesser  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emily.Lesser (talk • contribs) 18:37, 15 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fall 2014 update page outline 

message: Hi everyone,
I found a few new references that we could potentially use for this article. Since we cannot cite Gibson's own research publications, I was able to find a few reviews of his work. Here is one such review that examines affordances, ability, and visual perception. This article can be found in PsycARTICLES.
*Greeno, J. G. (1994). Gibson's affordances. Psychological Review 101(2), 336-342.
Here is another good review article that I found in PsycARTICLES. This article addresses Gibson's contributions to understanding animal locomotion and relative motion, and also includes sections about understanding Gibson's perspective on physics.
*Nakayma, K. (1994). James J. Gibson: An appreciation. Psychological Review 101(2), 329-335.
Pinkfloyd6491 (talk) 19:48, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Reference List 

message: Okay everyone, so are we ready to divide up the sections? We'll have the three major chunks be biography, major works and then legacy/slash contributions.Brandon Fischer (talk) 13:26, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  To-Do List 

message: I think that one of the first things I should do is to divide up the new information into either the 'legacy' and 'major contributions' category.  Contributions will be more suited for his more innovative ideas, and legacy will be his lasting influences.Brandon Fischer (talk) 15:40, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Legacy/Contributions 

message: Here is where I will begin making notes about what I want to add in the Life section. In the article, it already states his place of birth as McConnelsville, Ohio. I can move that into the Life section where it is more appropriate. I will also add that his father worked on the railroad and that his mother was a teacher.  http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/J._J._Gibson  Pinkfloyd6491 (talk) 04:18, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Life 

message: General comments: You’ve already done some great work to improve this article. There’s still a little bit to go, but you are well on your way to final wrap-up. Ideas and information on Talk page are quite good. It’s time to start putting more of this into the main article.
:See the brochure, Editing Wikipedia Articles on Psychology, 2nd page, Organizing your article/An article on a psychologist.
Comments on specific sections of the main article follow:
 
1. Lead-in
*put in a specific comment about his unique contribution, ecological psychology
2. Life
*definitely this section needs more detail. Flesh this out
3. Ecological psychology
*good, but I don’t see the point of the block quote at the end. If you want to keep it, put it in a new section and give it some context. 
4. Final section
*add a section titled ‘Legacy’ about his general importance and impact on psychology
*highlight him as a pioneering psychologist who broke from the mainstream and became a major influence on the field
J.R. Council (talk) 22:52, 13 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Feedback for Assignment 9 

message: Hi everyone,
From what I sent through to SafeAssign, I did not find any plagiarism other than the obvious match with the Wikipedia article itself. Assuming you guys didn't find anything else with your submissions, I'm guessing we are good to go. Nice job everybody! Pinkfloyd6491 (talk) 02:55, 2 December 2014 (UTC)
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