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The central notion of radical constructivism that the brain actively constructs a subjective reality from noisy and ambiguous sensory inputs is expressed formally in hierarchical Bayesian models.
“the central notion of radical constructivism that the brain actively “constructs” a subjective reality from noisy and ambiguous sensory inputs (Richards and von Glasersfeld, 1979; von Foerster, 2003)—as opposed to the brain representing an objective outer reality that is reflected by sensory inputs—are expressed formally, using the language of probability theory, in hierarchical Bayesian models we”
From Allostatic Self-efficacy: A Metacognitive Theory of Dyshomeostasis-Induced Fatigue and Depression (2016) · cites this paper as von Foerster, 2003
Cognitive systems are self-referential and monitor themselves.
“Other central ideas—such as the notion that cognitive systems are self-referential and monitor themselves (von Foerster, 2003) are yet to be exploited fully, e.g., for models of metacognition.”
From Allostatic Self-efficacy: A Metacognitive Theory of Dyshomeostasis-Induced Fatigue and Depression (2016) · cites this paper as von Foerster, 2003
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On Self-Organizing Systems and Their Environments
von Foerster, H. (2003) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/0-387-21722-3_1 · Cited by 460 · see citing works
What Is Memory that It May Have Hindsight and Foresight as well?
von Foerster, H. (2003) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/0-387-21722-3_3 · Cited by 5 · see citing works
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Allostatic Self-efficacy: A Metacognitive Theory of Dyshomeostasis-Induced Fatigue and Depression
Stephan, K. E., Manjaly, Z. M., Mathys, C. D., Weber, L. A. E., Paliwal, S., Gard, T., Tittgemeyer, M., Fleming, S. M., Haker, H., Seth, A. K., et al. (2016) · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnhum.2016.00550 · Cited by 437 · see citing works
“Keywords: computational psychiatry, effective connectivity, dynamic causal modeling, homeostasis, allostasis, predictive coding, active inference, multiple sclerosis”
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Information and selforganization: A unifying approach and applications
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On the positive role of noise and error in complex systems
Roli, A., Braccini, M., & Stano, P. (2024) · Systems · doi:10.3390/systems12090338 · Cited by 5 · see citing works
Damiano, L., Fleres, A., Roli, A., & Stano, P. (2026) · Frontiers in Robotics and AI · doi:10.3389/frobt.2025.1694338 · Cited by 2 · see citing works
“…collaborations–produced three influential variants of the McCulloch-Pitts cognitive network model: the biological computer (von Foerster, 1960; von Foerster, 2003), the autopoietic system (Maturana and Varela, 1973; Maturana and Varela, 1980; Varela et al., 1974), and the autonomous system,…”
- Authors
- von Foerster, H.
- Venue
- Springer eBooks
- Publisher
- Springer New York
- Published
- 2003
- OpenAlex
- W4253007761
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- 2
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- 2026: 84 · 2025: 46 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 36 · 2020: 27 · 2019: 55 · 2018: 20 · 2017: 22 · 2016: 23 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 22 · 2013: 13 · 2012: 12
- FWCI
- 11.05
- Type
- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
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- Springer eBooks (publishedVersion)
- International Linear Collider (submittedVersion)
- Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Cybernetics and Technology in Society
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy and History of Science
- Keywords
- understanding, knowledge acquisition, information processing, cognition, epistemology, philosophy of science, Heinz von Foerster
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