Inviting affordances and agency |
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| Institution: | 1. Center for Human Movement Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands;2. CIPER, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal;1. CIPER, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, SpertLab, Universidade de Lisboa, Cruz Quebrada Dafundo, Portugal;2. Polytechnic Institute of Guarda, 6300-559 Guarda, Portugal;3. Universidade Europeia, 1500-210 Lisboa, Portugal;4. CIDESD, Department of Sport Sciences, University of Beira Interior, 6201-001 Covilhã, Portugal;5. Centre for Sports Engineering Research, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S10 2BP, United Kingdom;6. FiDiPro Programme, Faculty of Sport and Sciences, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland;7. Engineering Faculty of the University of Porto, University of Porto, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal;1. Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad (C3), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico;2. Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action, University of Connecticut, USA;3. Department of Psychology, Franklin&Marshall College, USA;4. Center for Cognition, Action and Perception, University of Cincinnati, USA;1. School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand;2. Centre for Exercise and Sports Science Research, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Recently several authors have suggested that affordances are not mere possibilities for action but can also invite behavior. This reconceptualization of affordances asks for a reconsideration of the ecological approach to agency. After a portrayal of the role of agency in ecological psychology, we draw upon phenomenology to reveal what it means for an agent to be invited by affordances. We sketch a dynamical model of the animal-environment relationship that aims to do justice to this analysis. In the model, agency is conceptualized as the capacity to modulate the coupling strength with the environment—the agent can influence to what extent he or she is influenced by the different invitations. This account of agency keeps us far from the Cartesian idea that the agent imposes behavior. Indeed, by modulating the coupling strength, the agent simply alters the dynamics of the animal-environment interactions and thus the behavior that emerges. |
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| Keywords: | Affordances Agency Dynamical systems Invitations Phenomenology |
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