Enough blanket metaphysics, time for data-driven heuristics

Bruineberg and colleagues criticisms' have been received but downplayed in the free energy principle (FEP) literature. We strengthen their points, arguing that Friston blanket discovery, even if tractable, requires a full formal description of the system of interest at the outset. Hence, blanke...

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Published in:The Behavioral and brain sciences 2022-01, Vol.45, p.e206-e206, Article e206
Main Authors: Rorot, Wiktor, Korbak, Tomasz, Litwin, Piotr, Miłkowski, Marcin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Approximation
Free energy
Heuristic
Machine learning
Metaphysics
Ontology
Open Peer Commentary
Partial differential equations
Problem solving
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Summary:Bruineberg and colleagues criticisms' have been received but downplayed in the free energy principle (FEP) literature. We strengthen their points, arguing that Friston blanket discovery, even if tractable, requires a full formal description of the system of interest at the outset. Hence, blanket metaphysics is futile, and we postulate that researchers should turn back to heuristic uses of Pearl blankets.
ISSN:0140-525X
1469-1825
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X22000280