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Making reification concrete: A response to Bruineberg et al.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 September 2022

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Mel Andrews*
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Department of Philosophy, The University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA mel.andrews@tufts.edu www.mel-andrews.com
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Abstract

The principal target of this article is the reification Bruineberg et al. perceive of formalism within the literature on the variational free energy minimization (VFEM) framework. The authors do not provide a definition of reification, as none yet exists. Here I offer one. On this definition, the objects of the authors' critiques fall short of full-blown reification – as do the authors themselves.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e186
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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