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Without clarity about its commitments, the Bayesian brain hypothesis risks becoming an unfalsifiable metaphysical research program.
“Without this clarity, the hypothesis risks becoming what philosopher Karl Popper would call a “metaphysical research program” (Popper 2014)—influential but ultimately unfalsifiable.”
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- Popper, K.
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- Keywords
- conjecture, refutation, scientific reasoning, hypothesis testing
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