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Nothing but a useful tool? (F)utility and the free-energy principle

Colombo,Matteo
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Bruineberg and collaborators distinguish three philosophical positions about the status of Markov blankets in the context of active inference modelling, namely: literalism, realism, and instrumentalism. They criticize the first two positions and suggest that instrumentalism is “less problematic but also less interesting” (sect. 6.1.2, para. 5) Here, I sketch how literalists and realists might reply to Bruineberg et al.'s criticisms, and I explain why instrumentalism is more interesting and contentious than what Bruineberg and collaborators suggest.
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Publisher Copyright: Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press.
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2022-09-29
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Colombo, M 2022, 'Nothing but a useful tool? (F)utility and the free-energy principle', Behavioral and Brain Sciences, vol. 45, e191. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x22000346
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