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. 2022 Sep 29:45:e184.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X22000309.

Recurrent, nonequilibrium systems and the Markov blanket assumption

Miguel Aguilera  1 , Christopher L Buckley  1
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Recurrent, nonequilibrium systems and the Markov blanket assumption

Miguel Aguilera et al. Behav Brain Sci. .

Abstract

Markov blankets - statistical independences between system and environment - have become popular to describe the boundaries of living systems under Bayesian views of cognition. The intuition behind Markov blankets originates from considering acyclic, atemporal networks. In contrast, living systems display recurrent, nonequilibrium interactions that generate pervasive couplings between system and environment, making Markov blankets highly unusual and restricted to particular cases.

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