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Scientific realism about Friston blankets without literalism

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Abstract Bruineberg and colleagues' critique of Friston blankets relies on what we call the “literalist fallacy”: the assumption that in order for Friston blankets to represent real boundaries, biological systems… Click to show full abstract

Abstract Bruineberg and colleagues' critique of Friston blankets relies on what we call the “literalist fallacy”: the assumption that in order for Friston blankets to represent real boundaries, biological systems must literally possess or instantiate Markov blankets. We argue that it is important to distinguish a realist view of Friston blankets from the literalist view of Bruineberg and colleagues’ critique.

Keywords: friston blankets; scientific realism; without literalism; blankets without; friston; realism friston

Journal Title: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Year Published: 2022

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