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Enough blanket metaphysics, time for data-driven heuristics

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Abstract 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… Click to show full abstract

Abstract 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.

Keywords: blanket metaphysics; time data; metaphysics; enough blanket; metaphysics time

Journal Title: Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Year Published: 2022

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