Making life and mind as clear as possible, but not clearer
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x22000127
Abstract: Abstract Neuroscience needs theory. Ideas without data are blind, and yet mechanisms without concepts are empty. Friston's free energy principle paradigmatically illustrates the power and pitfalls of current theoretical biology. Mighty metaphors, turned into mathematical… read more here.
Keywords: clear possible; mind clear; possible clearer; life mind ... See more keywords
The synthesis of consciousness and the latent life of the mind: Philosophy, psychopathology, and ‘cryptopsychism’ in fin-de-siècle France
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DOI: 10.1177/0952695120926027
Abstract: In fin-de-siècle France, we witness a strange circulation of concepts between philosophy, theoretical and experimental psychology, and the borderline realm of what we would now call meta- or parapsychology. This was a time characterized by… read more here.
Keywords: cle france; fin cle; philosophy; life mind ... See more keywords
Does the metaphysical dog wag its formal tail? The free-energy principle and philosophical debates about life, mind, and matter
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DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/nbv2u
Abstract: Abstract According to Bruineberg and colleagues, philosophical arguments on life, mind, and matter that are based on the free-energy principle (FEP) (1) essentially draw on the Markov blanket construct and (2) tend to assume that… read more here.
Keywords: energy principle; life mind; mind matter; free energy ... See more keywords