Infinite Regress of Functional Explanations

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• Faithfulness of Explanationsconcept0.722
  Property of explanations that accurately reflect the actual causal mechanisms of the model being explained.
• Functional Adaptationconcept0.719
  The deep fit between a building's form and its functional requirements, achieved only through differentiation.
• Friston, FitzGerald et al. (2017) — Active inference: A process theoryconcept0.714
  Companion paper to which readers are directed for detailed account of active inference scheme
• functional complexityconcept0.710
  Flusser’s category of complexity where a system provides a complex use (like chess), enabling creative plays.
• The mechanistic functional analysis is all a myth anyway, since there is no stopping in the endless regression of reasons for why something works.claim0.703
  Declares that traditional functional reasoning is ultimately arbitrary and groundless.
• Friston, FitzGerald et al. (2016) — Active inference and learningconcept0.703
  Prior active inference paper providing detailed neurophysiological implementation of belief updates
• Active inference offers a degree of plausibility as a process theory of brain function.claim0.702
  Overall assessment from Discussion.
• NLA explanations confabulate false specifics but maintain thematic fidelity; claims repeated across tokens more likely true than isolated claims.claim0.700
  Core limitation and usage heuristic: read NLAs for themes rather than individual factual claims; cross-check with original context.