affordance – Philosophics

Architecture of Encounter: Attention, Affordance, Salience, and Valence

Mar 18, 2026Posted in philosophy, videoTagged affordance, attention, books, environment, language, meaning, mediation, nature, ontology, philosophics, philosophy, psychology, salience, valence, video, writingLeave a comment

What do attention, affordance, salience, and valence have to do with meaning, and what is the architecture of encounter?

I’m still trying to figure out how to simplify these concepts. How am I doing?

0:00 Introduction and Encounter
0:52 Attention
1:53 What is Affordance?
3:13 What is Salience?
4:12 Example: Salience Connexion and Context (My ex-wife)
4:44 What is Valence?
5:38 What is Meaning?
6:23 Example: Southern Hospitality (Salience and Meaning)

Short and sweet.

New Architecture of Encounter Video Content: Glossary Terms

Mar 17, 2026Posted in philosophyTagged affordance, Architecture of Encounter, book, encounter, language, mediation, MEOW, monograph, ontology, perception, philosophy, promotion, psychology, salience, valence, videoLeave a comment

I’ve commenced a new series in support of my new book. First, I’m building a glossary.

Video: Bry – Architecture of Encounter

On the docket in this segment are affordance, salience, and valence as they relate to the book. I selected these terms from the glossary in the appendix.

Over the next few weeks, I plan to produce videos on other terms and additional videos explaining key concepts. This one is straightforward and academic. Others will be less formal, hoping to accommodate different learning styles.

Does anyone subscribe to Kindle Unlimited? I may take time to create Kindle and eBook versions.

My fiction books had some formatting issues with Kindle, but these titles are more standard – no fancy layouts or fonts, and not too many images.