The anticipating brain is not a scientist: the free-energy principle from an ecological-enactive perspective

In this paper, we argue for a theoretical separation of the free-energy principle from Helmholtzian accounts of the predictive brain. The free-energy principle is a theoretical framework capturing the imperative for biological self-organization in information-theoretic terms. The free-energy princip...

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Published in:Synthese (Dordrecht) 2018-06, Vol.195 (6), p.2417-2444
Main Authors: Bruineberg, Jelle, Kiverstein, Julian, Rietveld, Erik
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brain
Education
Energy
Epistemology
Inference
Information theory
Logic
Meta-analysis
Metaphysics
Perceptions
Philosophy
Philosophy of Language
Philosophy of mind
Philosophy of Science
Predictive control
S.I.: Predictive Brains
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