Life, Mind and Matter: Chemistry for an Ecological Era
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DOI: 10.1080/02691728.2024.2414447
Abstract: ABSTRACT This essay critically examines the evolving relationship between chemistry and ecology, challenging the historical view of chemistry as purely mechanistic. It argues for a new perspective that recognises the dynamic and agentised qualities of… read more here.
Keywords: chemistry; life mind; chemistry ecological; mind matter ... 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