On the Map-Territory Fallacy Fallacy
The paper explores the free energy principle (FEP) and addresses the map-territory fallacy in scientific modeling. It asserts that critiques of the FE…
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One person’s modus ponens…: Comment on” The Markov blanket trick: On the scope of the free energy principle and active inference” by Raja and colleagues (2021)
Maxwell JD Ramstead critiques Raja et al.'s 2021 paper on the Markov blanket trick, acknowledging the validity of their argument but identifying a fla…
The nature of beliefs and believing
The article discusses the nature of beliefs in cognitive science, describing them as propositional attitudes with representational content and assumed…
Extended plastic inevitable
The commentary analyzes the role of the free-energy principle (FEP) in defining cognitive system boundaries within third-wave extended-mind research. …
The Free Energy Principle drives neuromorphic development
The authors demonstrate that systems with morphological degrees of freedom and constrained free energy evolve toward neuromorphic structures that faci…
Successor representation active inference
The paper by Millidge and Buckley explores the relationship between classical reinforcement learning, Bayesian filtering, and Active Inference, propos…
Weak Markov blankets in high-dimensional, sparsely-coupled random dynamical systems
This paper by Dalton AR Sakthivadivel explores high-dimensional random dynamical systems with sparse couplings to external systems, focusing on contro…
Commentary: The Nature of Beliefs and Believing
The editorial discusses belief in cognitive science, particularly through the lens of computational neuroscience, defining beliefs as representations …
Sparse coupling and Markov blankets: A comment on” How particular is the physics of the Free Energy Principle?” by Aguilera, Millidge, Tschantz and Buckley
This commentary addresses a technical analysis of the Free Energy Principle by Aguilera et al., challenging the claim that sparse coupling ensures Mar…
Regarding Flows Under the Free Energy Principle: A Comment on” How Particular is the Physics of the Free Energy Principle?” by Aguilera, Millidge, Tschantz, and Buckley
The author critiques a recent paper on the free energy principle (FEP) by Aguilera et al., arguing their points on its limitations are valid but not d…