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Skull-bound perception and precision optimization through culture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2013

Bryan Paton ,
Josh Skewes ,
Chris Frith  and
Jakob Hohwy
Bryan Paton
Affiliation:
Philosophy and Cognition Laboratory, Philosophy Department, Monash University, Clayton, VIC3800, Australia. [email protected]://sites.google.com/site/bryanpaton/[email protected]://sites.google.com/site/jakobhohwy/
Josh Skewes
Affiliation:
Department of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, DK8000 Aarhus C, Denmark, and Interacting Minds Centre, Aarhus University Hospital, DK8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. [email protected]://www.cfin.au.dk/menu538-en
Chris Frith
Affiliation:
Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, and All Souls College, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 4AL, United Kingdom. [email protected]://sites.google.com/site/chrisdfrith/Home
Jakob Hohwy
Affiliation:
Philosophy and Cognition Laboratory, Philosophy Department, Monash University, Clayton, VIC3800, Australia. [email protected]://sites.google.com/site/bryanpaton/[email protected]://sites.google.com/site/jakobhohwy/
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Abstract

Clark acknowledges but resists the indirect mind–world relation inherent in prediction error minimization (PEM). But directness should also be resisted. This creates a puzzle, which calls for reconceptualization of the relation. We suggest that a causal conception captures both aspects. With this conception, aspects of situated cognition, social interaction and culture can be understood as emerging through precision optimization.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 3 , June 2013 , pp. 222
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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