How and why actions are selected: action selection and the dark room problem

In this paper, I examine an evolutionary approach to the action selection problem and illustrate how it helps raise an objection to the predictive processing account. Clark examines the predictive processing account as a theory of brain function that aims to unify perception, action, and cognition,...

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Main Author: Venter Elmarie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-04-01
Series:Kairos: Journal of Philosophy & Science
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/kjps-2016-0002