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Deep neurophenomenology: An active inference account of some features of conscious experience and of their disturbance in major depressive disorder

Ramstead, Maxwell J. D. and Wiese, Wanja and Miller, Mark and Friston, Karl J. (2020) Deep neurophenomenology: An active inference account of some features of conscious experience and of their disturbance in major depressive disorder. [Preprint]

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This paper aims to leverage the free-energy principle and active inference to make sense of some central facets of the first-person conscious experience of human beings. More precisely, we explore two central facets of the first-person conscious experience of human beings via the free-energy principle and active inference. We examine how active inference is able to account for temporal nestedness of conscious experience and for the concern or care that is the main structure of first-person experience according to phenomenological philosophy. We investigate the breakdown of these features in depression—and explain some of the core aspects of the phenomenology of depression by appealing to the active inference framework.


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Item Type: Preprint
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCID
Ramstead, Maxwell J. D.maxwell.d.ramstead@gmail.com0000-0002-1477-8177
Wiese, Wanja
Miller, Mark
Friston, Karl J.
Keywords: consciousness; free-energy principle; active inference; depression; time consciousness
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Action
Specific Sciences > Neuroscience > Cognitive Neuroscience
Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Computation
Specific Sciences > Computation/Information
Specific Sciences > Computer Science
General Issues > Computer Simulation
Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Consciousness
Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics
Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics
Specific Sciences > Neuroscience > Systems Neuroscience
Depositing User: Mr MJD R
Date Deposited: 12 Nov 2020 20:13
Last Modified: 12 Nov 2020 20:13
Item ID: 18377
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Action
Specific Sciences > Neuroscience > Cognitive Neuroscience
Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Computation
Specific Sciences > Computation/Information
Specific Sciences > Computer Science
General Issues > Computer Simulation
Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Consciousness
Specific Sciences > Probability/Statistics
Specific Sciences > Physics > Statistical Mechanics/Thermodynamics
Specific Sciences > Neuroscience > Systems Neuroscience
Date: 2020
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/18377

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