A variational approach to niche construction
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In evolutionary biology, niche construction is sometimes described as a genuine evolutionary process whereby organisms, through their activities and regulatory mechanisms, modify their environment such as to steer their own evolutionary trajectory, and that of other species. There is ongoing debate, however, on the extent to which niche construction ought to be considered a bona fide evolutionary force, on a par with natural selection. Recent formulations of the variational free-energy principle as applied to the life sciences describe the properties of living systems, and their selection in evolution, in terms of variational inference. We argue that niche construction can be described using a variational approach. We propose new arguments to support the niche construction perspective, and to extend the variational approach to niche construction to current perspectives in various scientific fields.
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Niche construction can be seen as a meta-learning mechanism.
“As we show here, niche construction, which can be seen as a meta-learning mechanism (Constant et al., 2018), can prove promising in complexifying environments and population dynamics and bring us closer to artificial agents with behaviors reminiscent of natural ones.”
From Dynamics of niche construction in adaptable populations evolving in diverse environments (2023) · cites this paper as Constant et al., 2018
Niche construction has been formalized as free energy minimization through environmental modification, providing a variational basis for niche construction.
“This process has been formalized as free energy minimization through environmental modification, providing a variational basis for niche construction (Constant et al., 2018).”
From Social Reality Construction via Active Inference: Modeling the Dialectic of Conformity and Creativity (2026) · cites this paper as Constant et al., 2018
Specific phenotypes are determined by interactions between internal intrinsic dynamics (i.e., intra-system evolution) as well as external systems with which these dynamics couple via niche construction and phenotypic plasticity.
“However, specific phenotypes are determined by interactions between internal intrinsic dynamics (i.e., intra-system evolution) as well as external systems with which these dynamics couple via niche construction and phenotypic plasticity (Constant et al., 2018).”
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- Authors
- Constant, A., Ramstead, M. J. D., Veissière, S. P. L., Campbell, J. O., & Friston, K. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
- McGill University (CA)
- Independent Researcher, Victoria, BC, Canada
- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Constant, Axel
- Venue
- Journal of The Royal Society Interface
- Publisher
- The Royal Society
- Published
- 2018-04
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 141
- ISSN
- 1742-5662 (ISSN-L)
- 1742-5689
- PMC
- PMC5938575
- OpenAlex
- W2797051230
- Cited by
- 204
- References
- 103
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 23 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 27 · 2020: 54 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 5
- FWCI
- 28.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of The Royal Society Interface (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation) (submittedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust (088130/Z/09/Z)
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy and History of Science
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Embodied and Extended Cognition
- Keywords
- niche construction, variational inference, natural selection, evolutionary trajectories, biological systems
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Physiological, Bayes Theorem, Biological Evolution, Models, Theoretical
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