Authors:	Wiese, Wanja Metzinger, Thomas
Title:	Vanilla PP for philosophers : a primer on predictive processing
Online publication date:	29-May-2017
Year of first publication:	2017
Language:	english
Abstract:	The goal of this short chapter, aimed at philosophers, is to provide an overview and brief explanation of some central concepts involved in predictive processing (PP). Even those who consider themselves experts on the topic may find it helpful to see how the central terms are used in this collection. To keep things simple, we will first informally define a set of features important to predictive processing, supplemented by some short explanations and an alphabetic glossary. The features described here are not shared in all PP accounts. Some may not be necessary for an individual model; others may be contested. Indeed, not even all authors of this collection will accept all of them. To make this transparent, we have encouraged contributors to indicate briefly which of the features are necessary to support the arguments they provide, and which (if any) are incompatible with their account. For the sake of clarity, we provide the complete list here, very roughly ordered by how central we take them to be for “vanilla PP” (i.e., a formulation of predictive processing that will probably be accepted by most researchers working on this topic). More detailed explanations will be given below. Note that these features do not specify individually necessary and jointly sufficient conditions for the application of the concept of “predictive processing”. All we currently have is a semantic cluster, with perhaps some overlapping sets of jointly sufficient criteria. The framework is still developing, and it is difficult, maybe impossible, to provide theory-neutral explanations of all PP ideas without already introducing strong background assumptions. Nevertheless, at least features 1-7 can be regarded as necessary properties of what is called PP in this volume.
DDC:	100 Philosophie 100 Philosophy
Institution:	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Department:	FB 05 Philosophie und Philologie
Place:	Mainz
ROR:	https://ror.org/023b0x485
DOI:	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-624
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hebis:77-publ-566118
Version:	Published version
Publication type:	Buchbeitrag
License:	CC BY-ND
Information on rights of use:	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
Citation:	Philosophy and predictive processing Metzinger, Thomas
Pages or article number:	8 25
Publisher:	MIND Group
Publisher place:	Frankfurt am Main
Issue date:	2017
Publisher URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.15502/9783958573024
Publisher DOI:	10.15502/9783958573024
Appears in collections:	JGU-Publikationen