Representation Wars: Enacting an Armistice Through Active Inference.

active inference embodiment free energy principle philosophy of cognitive science representationalism

Journal

Frontiers in psychology
ISSN: 1664-1078
Titre abrégé: Front Psychol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101550902

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
received: 02 09 2020
accepted: 08 12 2020
entrez: 25 1 2021
pubmed: 26 1 2021
medline: 26 1 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Over the last 30 years, representationalist and dynamicist positions in the philosophy of cognitive science have argued over whether neurocognitive processes should be viewed as representational or not. Major scientific and technological developments over the years have furnished both parties with ever more sophisticated conceptual weaponry. In recent years, an enactive generalization of predictive processing - known as active inference - has been proposed as a unifying theory of brain functions. Since then, active inference has fueled both representationalist and dynamicist campaigns. However, we believe that when diving into the formal details of active inference, one should be able to find a solution to the war; if not a peace treaty, surely an armistice of a sort. Based on an analysis of these formal details, this paper shows how both representationalist and dynamicist sensibilities can peacefully coexist within the new territory of active inference.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33488462
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.598733
pmc: PMC7817850
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

598733

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021 Constant, Clark and Friston.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Auteurs

Axel Constant (A)

Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Andy Clark (A)

Department of Philosophy, The University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom.
Department of Informatics, The University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom.
Department of Philosophy, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Karl J Friston (KJ)

Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Neuroimaging, University College London, London, United Kingdom.

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