An enactive-ecological approach to information and uncertainty
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Resumo: | Information is a central notion for cognitive sciences and neurosciences, but there is no agreement on what it means for a cognitive system to acquire information about its surroundings. In this paper, we approximate three influential views on information: the one at play in ecological psychology, which is sometimes called information for action; the notion of information as covariance as developed by some enactivists, and the idea of information as a minimization of uncertainty as presented by Shannon. Our main thesis is that information for action can be construed as covariant information, and that learning to perceive covariant information is a matter of minimizing uncertainty through skilled performance. We argue that the agent’s cognitive system conveys information for acting in an environment by minimizing uncertainty about how to achieve intended goals in that environment. We conclude by reviewing empirical findings that support our view by showing how direct learning, seen as an instance of ecological rationality at work, is how mere possibilities for action are turned into embodied know-how. Finally, we indicate the affinity between direct learning and sense-making activity. |
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Carvalho, Eros Moreira deRolla, Giovanni2020-06-20T03:41:08Z20201664-1078http://hdl.handle.net/10183/210463001114416Information is a central notion for cognitive sciences and neurosciences, but there is no agreement on what it means for a cognitive system to acquire information about its surroundings. In this paper, we approximate three influential views on information: the one at play in ecological psychology, which is sometimes called information for action; the notion of information as covariance as developed by some enactivists, and the idea of information as a minimization of uncertainty as presented by Shannon. Our main thesis is that information for action can be construed as covariant information, and that learning to perceive covariant information is a matter of minimizing uncertainty through skilled performance. We argue that the agent’s cognitive system conveys information for acting in an environment by minimizing uncertainty about how to achieve intended goals in that environment. We conclude by reviewing empirical findings that support our view by showing how direct learning, seen as an instance of ecological rationality at work, is how mere possibilities for action are turned into embodied know-how. Finally, we indicate the affinity between direct learning and sense-making activity.application/pdfengFrontiers in Psychology. Lausanne, Switzerland. Vol. 11 (Apr. 2020), Article 588, p. 1-11InformaçãoCogniçãoAprendizagemFilosofiaShannon-informationInformation for actionInformation as covarianceEnactivismEcological psychologyUncertaintyAn enactive-ecological approach to information and uncertaintyEstrangeiroinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Institucional da UFRGSinstname:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)instacron:UFRGSTEXT001114416.pdf.txt001114416.pdf.txtExtracted Texttext/plain75246http://www.lume.ufrgs.br/bitstream/10183/210463/2/001114416.pdf.txtd7f2bbafeb9faa6a8ef856f7eb59336aMD52ORIGINAL001114416.pdfTexto completo (inglês)application/pdf287224http://www.lume.ufrgs.br/bitstream/10183/210463/1/001114416.pdfbd726c9e03416b21d1d77861dd968911MD5110183/2104632020-06-21 03:36:18.752425oai:www.lume.ufrgs.br:10183/210463Repositório de PublicaçõesPUBhttps://lume.ufrgs.br/oai/requestopendoar:2020-06-21T06:36:18Repositório Institucional da UFRGS - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)false |
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An enactive-ecological approach to information and uncertainty |
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An enactive-ecological approach to information and uncertainty |
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An enactive-ecological approach to information and uncertainty Carvalho, Eros Moreira de Informação Cognição Aprendizagem Filosofia Shannon-information Information for action Information as covariance Enactivism Ecological psychology Uncertainty |
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An enactive-ecological approach to information and uncertainty |
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An enactive-ecological approach to information and uncertainty |
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An enactive-ecological approach to information and uncertainty |
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An enactive-ecological approach to information and uncertainty |
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An enactive-ecological approach to information and uncertainty |
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Carvalho, Eros Moreira de |
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Carvalho, Eros Moreira de Rolla, Giovanni |
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Rolla, Giovanni |
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Carvalho, Eros Moreira de Rolla, Giovanni |
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Informação Cognição Aprendizagem Filosofia |
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Informação Cognição Aprendizagem Filosofia Shannon-information Information for action Information as covariance Enactivism Ecological psychology Uncertainty |
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Shannon-information Information for action Information as covariance Enactivism Ecological psychology Uncertainty |
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Information is a central notion for cognitive sciences and neurosciences, but there is no agreement on what it means for a cognitive system to acquire information about its surroundings. In this paper, we approximate three influential views on information: the one at play in ecological psychology, which is sometimes called information for action; the notion of information as covariance as developed by some enactivists, and the idea of information as a minimization of uncertainty as presented by Shannon. Our main thesis is that information for action can be construed as covariant information, and that learning to perceive covariant information is a matter of minimizing uncertainty through skilled performance. We argue that the agent’s cognitive system conveys information for acting in an environment by minimizing uncertainty about how to achieve intended goals in that environment. We conclude by reviewing empirical findings that support our view by showing how direct learning, seen as an instance of ecological rationality at work, is how mere possibilities for action are turned into embodied know-how. Finally, we indicate the affinity between direct learning and sense-making activity. |
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