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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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James J. Gibson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1904
Born: January 27
Died: 1979
Died: December 11
Psychologist
University Teacher
McConnelsville
Ohio
James Jerome Gibson
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