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Teleosemantics and the free energy principle

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dc.contributor.authorMann, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorPain, Ross
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T00:07:09Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T00:07:09Z
dc.date.issued2022-07-27
dc.date.updated2022-07-31T10:05:47Z
dc.description.abstractThe free energy principle is notoriously difcult to understand. In this paper, we relate the principle to a framework that philosophers of biology are familiar with: Ruth Millikan’s teleosemantics. We argue that: (i) systems that minimise free energy are systems with a proper function; and (ii) Karl Friston’s notion of implicit modelling can be understood in terms of Millikan’s notion of mapping relations. Our analysis reveals some surprising formal similarities between the two frameworks, and suggests interesting lines of future research. We hope this will aid further philosophical evaluation of the free energy principleen_AU
dc.description.sponsorshipS. F. Mann was supported in part by an ANU University Research Scholarship, and the Australian Research Council under Laureate Fellowship Grant FL130100141. Ross Pain was supported by an ANU University Research Scholarship, the Australian Research Council under Laureate Fellowship Grant FL130100141, and the ANU Futures Schemeen_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn1572-8404en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/300208
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
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dc.publisherSpringer Netherlandsen_AU
dc.relationhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FL130100141en_AU
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2022en_AU
dc.rights.licenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licenseen_AU
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_AU
dc.sourceBiology & Philosophyen_AU
dc.subjectTeleosemanticsen_AU
dc.subjectThe free energy principleen_AU
dc.subjectActive inferenceen_AU
dc.subjectProper functionsen_AU
dc.subjectMarkov blanketsen_AU
dc.titleTeleosemantics and the free energy principleen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue4en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage25en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationMann, Stephen Francis, School of Philosophy, The Australian National Universityen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationPain, Ross, School of Philosophy, The Australian National Universityen_AU
local.description.notesImported from Springer Natureen_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume37en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1007/s10539-022-09868-9en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://link.springer.com/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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