Dear Don,
I'm puzzled by your definition of emotion ( 'Emotion: refers to the operations that judge and evaluate the world'). Most definitions I've come across focus on the idea of emotion as automatic physiological responses triggered either by direct interactions with and perceptions of humans' external environments, or by thinking about memories. 'Emotion' and 'visceral' seem to overlap in what you describe? I'm also wondering why you focus on 'judging' and 'evaluating', which I'm interpeting as refering to slower, cognitive and typically conscious processes?
I'm interested in how your afffordance theory includes interactions /affordances that are not conscious and not reflective. Memories spring to mind of house remodellers absentmindedly opening beer bottles with whatever is at hand, or guitarists in the middle of a complex riff feelingly though thoughtlessly using notes to hand (or rather finger). These seem to argue a case for individual skill, unconsciously applied, being a strong component of affordance theory?
Or am I missing something?
Best wishes,
Terry
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Dr. Terence Love
Dept of Design
Curtin University
Perth, Western Australia
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IADE/UNIDCOM
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