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  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Computational Psychiatry

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  • Mindreading, or mental state attribution, is central to social cognition.
  • Existing theories of mindreading offer competing explanations for its underlying mechanisms.
  • The free-energy principle offers a potential unifying framework for understanding brain function.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To integrate diverse theoretical perspectives on mindreading within a single formal framework.
  • To explore the explanatory power of the free-energy principle for mindreading.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical integration of existing mindreading models.
  • Application of free-energy principles to cognitive processes involved in mindreading.

Main Results:

  • A unified framework encompassing multiple mindreading positions is proposed.
  • The free-energy approach provides a common language for disparate theories.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed free-energy framework offers a novel integration of mindreading theories.
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