Places, Sociality, and Ecological Psychology - Essays in Honor of Harry Heft

This book presents a collection of essays honoring Professor Harry Heft, a leading figure in the field of ecological psychology, engaging critically with his work, thought and influence.

Sommario

Introduction
1. Reflections on Ecological Psychology: An interview with Harry Heft
2. The social constitution of ecological psychology in the Netherlands
3. Contrary imaginations: Radical Empiricism or Pragmatism?
4. Perception and problem solving
5. Conceiving the environment from a developmental perspective: Revisiting Roger G. Barker’s comparison of Bobby Bryant and Raymond Birch
6. Agency in behavior settings: A mindshaping perspective on ecological psychology
7. Behavior settings, enabling constraints, and the naturalization of social norms
8. Values, affordances, and agency: Giving Heft to ecological accounts
9. Young people’s responses to the Earth’s affordances of regeneration
10. Humanizing Ecological Psychology: Heft’s incorporation of the sociohistorical into perceiving and acting
11. Understanding the child’s environment
12. Towards a psychological ecology

Info autore

Miguel Segundo-Ortin is Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow at University of Murcia, Spain. His research interests include philosophy of mind and cognitive science, philosophy of action, comparative cognition, embodied cognition and ecological psychology.
Manuel Heras-Escribano is Juan de la Cierva-Incorporación Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Granada, Spain. His research interests include philosophy of cognitive science, philosophy of biology, philosophy of mind, and affordances.
Vicente Raja is Research Fellow at the University of Murcia, Spain, and External Faculty Member of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy at Western University, Canada. His interests include the analysis of behavior and brain activity, including their relationship, using the different tools provided by dynamic systems theory and complexity science.

Riassunto

This book presents a collection of essays honoring Professor Harry Heft, a leading figure in the field of ecological psychology, engaging critically with his work, thought and influence.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Miguel Heras-Escribano Segundo-Ortin
• Con la collaborazione di: Manuel Heras-Escribano (Editore), Vicente Raja (Editore), Miguel Segundo-Ortin (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 09.06.2023
• EAN: 9781032194523
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3219452-3
• Pagine: 224
• Serie: Resources for Ecological Psychology Series
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Psicologia teorica; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, Philosophy of Mind, PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Cognition and cognitive psychology