Accustomed Quote by 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 believe.” quote by James J. Gibson — Download Open image

“What a thing is and what it means are not separate, the former being physical and the latter mental as we are accustomed to believe.”

James J. Gibson

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