Saborido Alejandro, CristianHeras Escribano, Manuel2024-10-042024-10-042023Saborido, C., Heras-Escribano, M. Affordances and organizational functions. Biol Philos 38, 6 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-023-09891-40169-3867 | eISSN 1572-8404https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-023-09891-4https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/23901The registered version of this article, first published in “Biology & Philosophy", is available online at the publisher's website: Elsevier, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-023-09891-4 La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en “Biology & Philosophy", está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: Elsevier, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-023-09891-4In this paper, we bring together the concepts of affordance from ecological psychology and function from the organizational approach to philosophy of biology into a single integrative framework. This integration allows us to account for the biological basis of the notion of affordance, offering theoretical tools to address the normative interrelations between organisms and their environments.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess72 FilosofíaartículoAffordancesfunctionsbiological organizationself-maintenanceecological psychology