Exploring 'the affordance hypothesis' with Ed Baggs. What are affordances and are they different for non-human animals?
About this episode
Ed Baggs discusses his research on affordances and their implications for understanding animal behavior.
Ed Baggs, assistant professor at the University of Southern Denmark, joins me for a conversation about his research on affordances. I invited Ed to join me after reading his latest (preprint) paper ‘The Affordance Hypothesis. In this paper Ed and his co-author Vicente Raja delve into affordance research, using examples like an African fish eagle hunting bee-eaters to illustrate direct perception. Ed discusses his journey from traditional cognitive science to exploring affordances in lan...
People in this episode
Host: Marianne Davies
Guest: Ed Baggs
Topics covered
- affordance hypothesis
- cognitive science
- animal behavior
- direct perception
- research
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: University of Southern Denmark
Books & works: The Affordance Hypothesis
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