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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Theoretical Biology

Background:

  • The concept of Markov blankets is debated in its application to defining organismic boundaries.
  • Existing viewpoints suggest Markov blankets may be inappropriately reified in this context.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To challenge the assertion that Markov blankets are illicitly reified when describing organismic boundaries.
  • To offer methodological grounds for a revised understanding of Markov blankets and organismic boundaries.

Main Methods:

  • Appealing to structural realism derived from Bayesian cognitive science.
  • Methodological critique of the reification of Markov blankets.
  • Rebuttal of specific arguments presented in the target article.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrates that Markov blankets can be appropriately utilized to describe organismic boundaries.
  • Provides a framework based on structural realism to resolve the conceptual issue.
  • Undermines specific objections raised against the use of Markov blankets in this context.

Conclusions:

  • The reification of Markov blankets for organismic boundaries is methodologically sound.
  • Bayesian cognitive science and structural realism offer a robust foundation for this application.
  • Specific criticisms of this approach are unfounded.