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The empire strikes back: Some responses to Bruineberg and colleagues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 September 2022

Maxwell J. D. Ramstead Open the ORCID record for Maxwell J. D. Ramstead [Opens in a new window]
Maxwell J. D. Ramstead*
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Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, UKmaxwell.d.ramstead@gmail.com VERSES Research Lab and Spatial Web Foundation, Los Angeles, CA 90016, USA
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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 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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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e205
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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