Affordance (Potential, Susceptibility)
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Sense 1
Affordance as susceptibility to human action, human engagement. More specifically, affordance as modal susceptibility to human engagement. Modal engagement (picking, pressing, pulling). Modal engagement is “engagement by means of...”, a particular mode of engagement — specified, patterned in particular way.
Sense 2
Affordance as an 'appeal to engage', a built-in call to action that leads to enaction. Affordance as openness and invitation to begin and continue functional dialogue between aspects of Reality.
✎ Referenced by
- Front / Human Flourishing
- Topic / What is Human Behavior?
- Note / The Shape of Government Shapes Its Outcomes
- Understanding Technology
- Glossary / Human Flourishing
- Term / Activity Cycle
- Term / Logic and Process of Synthesis
- Essay / Ways and Means to Deliver Experiences
- Topic / Form and Function
- Note / Finding Weakness in Nature
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