I suppose the unspooling title-related plan has come to a premature end. However! Re-reading bits of The Structure of Behavior (since it is impossible for me to retain anything on a first reading, especially if it's not guided by a fairly specific purpose) I am again struck by the resemblance of the arguments of the "Vital Structures" chapter to those in "The Representation of Life" (though as one might expect some things which Thompson emphasizes are not emphasized by M-P, and some things which Merleau-Ponty emphasizes are not emphasized by T—and there is an out-of-place reference to statistical frequency which is, however, not actually essential).
The internet reveals to me what is not terribly surprising given what I've read about about him, namely, that JJ Gibson was influenced by Merleau-Ponty.
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