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Return of the math: Markov blankets, dynamical systems theory, and the bounds of mind

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 September 2022

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Lincoln John Colling*
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School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Falmer BN1 9QH, UK l.colling@sussex.ac.uk http://research.colling.net.nz
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Abstract

Bruineberg and colleagues highlight work using Markov blankets to demarcate the bounds of the mind. This echoes earlier attempts to demarcate the bounds of the mind from a dynamical systems perspective. Advocates of mechanistic explanation have challenged the dynamical approach to independently motivate the application of the formalism, a challenge that Markov blanket theorists must also meet.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e190
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