Introductions in the 2014 Edition (Gibson, 1979 Reading Group)

The 2014 reprint of Gibson (1979) includes the original Preface and Introduction, as well as an Introduction to the Classic Edition by William H Mace. A few things come up in Gibson's sections that I thought were cool, and worth documenting as part of the reading group. 

Mace's Introduction does some nice work reviewing Gibson's intellectual development over the course of his career and exemplified by his three books. He points to how the ecological approach has grown and connected to other fields in the years since Gibson's death, and talks about how the 1979 book was received (a mixed bag, to say the least!). It's a good read, but it doesn't have much new content in it so for this reading group I'll just focus on the bits Gibson says that set things up nicely. 

Reading Group - Gibson (1979) The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception

Rob, Marianne, and I had so much fun with the Turvey (2019) reading group that we decided to keep going, and we decided to return to the source - Gibson's 1979 book. Buckle up, this should be fun!

We'll be using the 2014 edition, so all page numbers will refer to that (I have the feeling I will be directly quoting the eminently quotable Gibson a lot more than I did with Turvey!). I will use this page to link to my post, and the video and podcast links for our group discussions, for each chapter.

Gibson (1979) The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception

Introductions in the 2014 edition

Part I: The Environment to be Perceived

Chapter 1: The Animal and the Environment  

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Chapter 2: Medium, Substances, Surfaces  

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Chapter 3: The Meaningful Environment  

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Part II: The Information for Visual Perception

Chapter 4: The Relationship Between Stimulation and Stimulus Information  

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Chapter 5: The Ambient Optic Array  

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Chapter 6: Events and the Information for Perceiving Events  

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Chapter 7: The Optical Information for Self-Perception  

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Chapter 8: The Theory of Affordances  

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Part III: Visual Perception

Chapter 9: Experimental Evidence for Direct Perception: Persisting Layout  

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Chapter 10: Experiments on the Perception of Motion in the World and Movement of the Self  

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Chapter 11: The Discovery of the Occluding Edge and Its Implications for Perception  

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Chapter 12: Looking with the Head and Eyes  

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Chapter 13: Locomotion and Manipulation  

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Chapter 14: The Theory of Information Pickup and Its Consequences  

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Part IV: Depiction

Chapter 15: Pictures and Visual Awareness  

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Chapter 16: Motion Pictures and Visual Awareness  

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