Jakob Hohwy - 2016 CCN Workshop: Predictive Coding

Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Dartmouth
2016 Workshop: Predictive Coding
JAKOB HOHWY, MONASH UNIVERSITY
Better believe the free energy principle
Abstract:
Many believe that an important part of brain function is to form predictions of sensory input. Fewer believe the free energy principle, which is an extreme version of the idea that the brain is predictive. So it ought to be reasonable to believe that prediction is an important part of brain function while not believing the free energy principle. Using simple considerations from philosophy of science, I argue that if one begins with the assumption that prediction is an important part of brain function, then it is reasonable to also believe the free energy principle.

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