In his later work (such as, for example, The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception (1979)), Gibson became more philosophical and criticised cognitivism in the same way he had attacked behaviorism before.
Oma hilisemates töödes (näiteks „Ökoloogiline lähenemine nägemistajule“ ("The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception", 1979) filosofeeris Gibson rohkem ning kritiseeris kognitivismi samamoodi, nagu oli varem kritiseerinud biheiviorismi.