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framework:the-beautiful-loop-theoryThe Beautiful Loop Theory
Laukkonen, Friston & Chandaria's active inference theory positing global recursion of the world model as necessary for consciousness.
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- Karl FristonintroducesAuthor of the free energy principle framework; central thinker in the paper.
- Shamil Chandariaintroduces
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- Predictive Processing TheoryextendsTheory that perception and cognition involve predictive coding; listed with indicators in Butlin et al. 2023.
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