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A free energy reconstruction of arguments for panpsychism
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences ( IF 2.0 ) Pub Date : 2021-05-08 , DOI: 10.1007/s11097-021-09739-w
Majid D. Beni

The paper draws on scientific resources formed around the notion of Free Energy Principle to reconstruct two well-known defences of panpsychism. I reconstruct the argument from continuity by expanding the mind-life continuity thesis under the rubric of the Free Energy Principle (FEP), by showing that FEP does not provide an objective criterion for demarcating the living from the inanimate. Then I will reconstruct the argument from intrinsic nature. The FEP-based account of consciousness is centred on the notion of ‘temporal depth’ of generative models. I argue that even evolution can be modelled as a temporally deep system. Since we have no access to the intrinsic perspective of evolution to see whether or not it models itself as a temporally deep system, we must draw an analogy from our own case and conclude that evolution is consciousness involving. Thus the paper reconstructs two main arguments for panpsychism.



中文翻译:

泛精神论证的自由能量重建

本文利用围绕“自由能原理”概念形成的科学资源来重构两种广为人知的泛灵主义辩护。我通过在自由能量原理(FEP)的原则下扩展思想生活的连续性论点,从连续性中重构了论点,表明FEP并没有提供将生命与无生命区分开的客观标准。然后,我将从内在本质重新构建论点。基于FEP的意识描述集中在生成模型的“时间深度”概念上。我认为甚至可以将演化建模为一个时间深度系统。由于我们无法使用进化的内在视角来查看其是否将自身建模为时间上的深层系统,我们必须从自己的情况中得出一个类比,并得出结论,进化涉及意识。因此,本文重构了泛精神主义的两个主要论点。

更新日期:2021-05-08
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