While the concept of `information' in Gibson's perceptual theory may risk becoming a form of how objects are `represented' in an animal's perceptual experience, the real work of the concept is in explanation of how animals maintain effective engagement with their surroundings. The way Gibson uses the term `information' makes it non-reliant on conceptual knowledge. Where his theorizing is more definitely in need of reconstruction is at the level of the (uniquely) human perceptual/conceptual interface.
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