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> [The abstract analysis of the world by mathematics and physics rests on the concepts of space and time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-j-gibson/the-abstract-analysis-of-the-world-by-mathematics-and-physics-rests/)

[James J. Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-j-gibson/)

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## More by James J. Gibson

> [There has been a great gulf in psychological thought between the perception of space and objects on one hand and the perception of meaning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-j-gibson/there-has-been-a-great-gulf-in-psychological-thought-between-the/)

[James J. Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-j-gibson/)

> [Hence it is that the shape of something is especially meaningful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-j-gibson/hence-it-is-that-the-shape-of-something-is-especially-meaningful/)

[James J. Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-j-gibson/)

> [The human young must learn to perceive these affordances, in some degree at least, but the young of some animals do not have time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-j-gibson/the-human-young-must-learn-to-perceive-these-affordances-in-some/)

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> [The perception of what a thing is and the perception of what it means are not separate, either.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-j-gibson/the-perception-of-what-a-thing-is-and-the-perception-of-what-it-means/)

[James J. Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-j-gibson/)

> [Psychology is still trying to explain the perception of the position of an object in space, along with its shape, size, and so on,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-j-gibson/psychology-is-still-trying-to-explain-the-perception-of-the-position/)

[James J. Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-j-gibson/)

> [I also assume that they are not simply the physical properties of things as now conceived by physical science. Instead, they are ecological, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-j-gibson/i-also-assume-that-they-are-not-simply-the-physical-properties-of/)

[James J. Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-j-gibson/)

> [What a thing is and what it means are not separate, the former being physical and the latter mental as we are accustomed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-j-gibson/what-a-thing-is-and-what-it-means-are-not-separate-the-former-being/)

[James J. Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-j-gibson/)

> [The heart of the problem is not so much how we see objects in depth, as how we see the constant layout of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-j-gibson/the-heart-of-the-problem-is-not-so-much-how-we-see-objects-in-depth/)

[James J. Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-j-gibson/)

> [The meaning or value of a thing consists of what it affords.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-j-gibson/the-meaning-or-value-of-a-thing-consists-of-what-it-affords/)

[James J. Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-j-gibson/)

> [A mechanical encounter or other energy-exchange may cause tissue damage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-j-gibson/a-mechanical-encounter-or-other-energy-exchange-may-cause-tissue/)

[James J. Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-j-gibson/)

> [The abstract analysis of the world by mathematics and physics rests on the concepts of space and time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-j-gibson/the-abstract-analysis-of-the-world-by-mathematics-and-physics-rests/)

[James J. Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-j-gibson/)

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