How to entrain your evil demon [PDF]
, 2017 The notion that the brain is a prediction error minimizer entails, via the notion of Markov blankets and self-evidencing, a form of global scepticism — an inability to rule out evil demon scenarios.
Hohwy, Jakob
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Renormalization Group Flow and Thermodynamics of Conformal Field Theories [PDF]
, 1999 We discuss the free-energy density of bosonic and fermionic theories possessing strongly coupled critical points in D=3. We construct a stationary renormalization group trajectory which interpolates between the free massless theory of N scalars and a ...
Petkou, Anastasios C., Siopsis, George
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Philosophies, 2021 A weak version of the life-mind continuity thesis entails that every living system also has a basic mind (with a non-representational form of intentionality).
Wanja Wiese, Karl J. Friston
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First principles in the life sciences: The free-energy principle, organicism, and mechanism [PDF]
, 2017 The free-energy principle claims that biological systems behave adaptively maintaining their physical integrity only if they minimize the free energy of their sensory states.
Colombo, Matteo, Wright, Cory
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The Energy Homeostasis Principle: A Naturalistic Approach to Explain the Emergence of Behavior
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2022 It is still elusive to explain the emergence of behavior and understanding based on its neural mechanisms. One renowned proposal is the Free Energy Principle (FEP), which uses an information-theoretic framework derived from thermodynamic considerations ...
Sergio Vicencio-Jimenez +3 more
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Functional treatment of quantum scattering via the dynamical principle [PDF]
, 2006 A careful functional treatment of quantum scattering is given using Schwinger's dynamical principle which involves a functional differentiation operation applied to a generating functional written in closed form.
E. B. Manoukian +3 more
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A free energy principle for generic quantum systems
Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, 2022 57 pgs, 6 ...
Chris Fields +3 more
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Thermodynamic Study of H2-FeO Based on the Principle of Minimum Gibbs Free Energy
Metals, 2023 Studies have shown that the reduction of wustite is the limiting factor in the ironmaking process, whether in hydrogen-based shaft furnaces, hydrogen-rich blast furnaces or smelting reduction vessels.
Shuyue Chen +5 more
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Calculation of Contraction Coefficient under Sluice Gates and Application to Discharge Measurement [PDF]
, 2009 The contraction coefficient under sluice gates on flat beds is studied for both free flow and submerged conditions based on the principle of momentum conservation, relying on an analytical determination of the pressure force exerted on the upstream face ...
Baume, Jean-Pierre +2 more
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Nonholonomic Mapping Principle for Classical Mechanics in Spaces with Curvature and Torsion. New Covariant Conservation Law for Energy-Momentum Tensor [PDF]
, 1997 The lecture explains the geometric basis for the recently-discovered nonholonomic mapping principle which specifies certain laws of nature in spacetimes with curvature and torsion from those in flat spacetime, thus replacing and extending Einstein's ...
A. Saa +32 more
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