Knowing what things are is not (just or even necessarily) knowing what they are called; it is knowing what kinds of things they, what uses they have, what they look like and so on.
An example of an affordance is a dog knowing what its food bowl is. The bowl has meaning for the dog insofar as it recognizes it as the place food will be presented. — Janus
it is knowing what kinds of things they, what uses they have, what they look like and so on. — Janus
The bowl has meaning for the dog insofar as it recognizes it as the place food will be presented. — Janus
Everything you encounter in the world has meaning to you, because you see all things as somethings — Janus
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