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If workspace dynamics implement Bayesian model selection driven by minimization of free energy, then cognitive cycles may be fully isomorphic with both thermodynamic work cycles and selective pressures in generalized Darwinism.
“That is, if workspace dynamics implement Bayesian model selection—driven by the minimization of free energy—then cognitive cycles may be fully isomorphic with both thermodynamic work cycles (Kauffman and Clayton, 2006; Deacon, 2011) and selective pressures in the context of generalized Darwinism (Kaila and Annila, 2008; Campbell, 2016; Safron, 2019b).”
From An Integrated World Modeling Theory (IWMT) of Consciousness (2020) · cites this paper as Kauffman and Clayton, 2006
IIT may help explain how particular processes, including beliefs and desires, possess varying capacities for contributing to informational and thermodynamic work cycles.
“In this way, by describing mental processes in terms of degrees of self-directed cause–effect power, IIT may help explain how particular processes—including those entailing beliefs and desires—possess varying capacities for contributing to informational and thermodynamic work cycles (Kauffman and Clayton, 2006; Deacon, 2011).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kauffman, S., & Clayton, P.
- Affiliations
- University of Calgary (CA)
- Claremont Graduate University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kauffman, Stuart
- Venue
- Biology & Philosophy
- Published
- 2006-11-15
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 501-521
- ISSN
- 0169-3867 (ISSN-L)
- 1572-8404
- OpenAlex
- W2160904769
- Cited by
- 190
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 21.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Biology & Philosophy (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Origins and Evolution of Life
- Keywords
- biological agency, emergence, working cycle, preadaptation, multiple realizability, human agency
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