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The empire strikes back: Some responses to Bruineberg and colleagues

Neurons and Cognition 2022-01-05 v2 History and Philosophy of Physics

Abstract

In their target paper, Bruineberg and colleagues provide us with a timely opportunity to discuss the formal constructs and philosophical implications of the free-energy principle. I critically discuss their proposed distinction between Pearl blankets and Friston blankets. I then critically assess the distinction between inference with a model and inference within a model in light of instrumentalist approaches to science.

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@article{arxiv.2112.15528,
  title  = {The empire strikes back: Some responses to Bruineberg and colleagues},
  author = {Maxwell J. D. Ramstead},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.15528},
  year   = {2022}
}