In this chapter, Gibson continues to lay out the rules of the environment (vs the physical world). In physics, there are objects in spaces, but this simply does not work as the basis of perception (see the chapters about Helmholtz and the limits of unconscious inference in the Turvey book). Instead, environments are made of medium, substances, and surfaces, and this chapter defines these at the ecological scale.
This chapter introduces a lot of vocabulary for talking about the environment: I have reviewed some of it, but see the chapter for the full set because it is going to be needed as we described the environment to be perceived.
Note: Sabrina also blogged this chapter here.
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