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Are we predictive engines? Perils, prospects, and the puzzle of the porous perceiver

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2013

Andy Clark
Andy Clark*
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School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH12 5AY, Scotland, United Kingdom. andy.clark@ed.ac.uk http://www.philosophy.ed.ac.uk/people/full-academic/andy-clark.html
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Abstract

The target article sketched and explored a mechanism (action-oriented predictive processing) most plausibly associated with core forms of cortical processing. In assessing the attractions and pitfalls of the proposal we should keep that element distinct from larger, though interlocking, issues concerning the nature of adaptive organization in general.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , June 2013 , pp. 233 - 253
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