A Free Energy Principle for Biological Systems

A Free Energy Principle for Biological Systems

This paper describes a free energy principle that tries to explain the ability of biological systems to resist a natural tendency to disorder. It appeals to circular causality of the sort found in synergetic formulations of self-organization (e.g., the slaving principle) and models of coupled dynami...

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Main Author: Friston Karl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-10-01
Series:Entropy
Subjects:
ergodicity
Bayesian
random dynamical system
self-organization
free energy
surprise
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/14/11/2100

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