The Existential Limits of Reason. Vladislav Pedder

The Existential Limits of Reason

Despite potential quantum uncertainty, its impact on the level of conscious decisions is minimal and does nothing to save the concept of free will.

According to Laplace’s theory, Laplace’s demon is a hypothetical entity that, knowing the position and velocity of all particles in the universe at a specific moment in time, can accurately predict the future. If you understand the physical laws governing the universe and know the exact position of every particle within it, you can predict with precision what happened at every moment since the beginning of time and what will happen at every subsequent moment until the end of time. This means that everything that happens in the universe was destined to happen (in a mathematical, not theological, sense).

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Примечания

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For more detailed information on Active Inference and the Free Energy Principle, you can refer to the book by Thomas Parr, Giovanni Pezzullo, and Karl J. Friston, “Active Inference: The Free Energy Principle in Mind, Brain, and Behavior” (2022). This book provides an in-depth exploration of these concepts, explaining how they integrate with cognitive processes, brain functions, and behavior. It offers a comprehensive understanding of how the brain uses prediction, error correction, and active inference to adapt to environmental changes and minimize uncertainty.

2

The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don’t (2012)

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The quotes in the book are taken from Russian translations and may differ slightly from the originals. This is due to the fact that I did not have the original texts at hand while writing this book.

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Coherence in physics refers to the correlation (consistency) of multiple oscillatory or wave processes over time, which manifests when they interfere. Oscillations are considered coherent if the phase difference between them remains constant over time, resulting in a combined oscillation of the same frequency. A classical example of two coherent oscillations is two sinusoidal waves of identical frequency. From the perspective of quantum theory, decoherence represents the collapse of the wave function due to interaction with the environment. The process of decoherence is a crucial component of the thought experiment proposed by Erwin Schrödinger, in which he sought to demonstrate the incompleteness of quantum mechanics in describing the transition from subatomic systems to macroscopic ones.

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Примечания

1

For more detailed information on Active Inference and the Free Energy Principle, you can refer to the book by Thomas Parr, Giovanni Pezzullo, and Karl J. Friston, “Active Inference: The Free Energy Principle in Mind, Brain, and Behavior” (2022). This book provides an in-depth exploration of these concepts, explaining how they integrate with cognitive processes, brain functions, and behavior. It offers a comprehensive understanding of how the brain uses prediction, error correction, and active inference to adapt to environmental changes and minimize uncertainty.

2

The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don’t (2012)

3

The quotes in the book are taken from Russian translations and may differ slightly from the originals. This is due to the fact that I did not have the original texts at hand while writing this book.

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