TY - CHAP
T1 - Higher-Order Bayesian Statistical Decision Theory of Consciousness, Probabilistic Justification, and Predictive Processing
AU - Cheng, Tony
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 selection and editorial matter, Tony Cheng, Ryoji Sato, and Jakob Hohwy; individual chapters, the contributors.
PY - 2023/1/1
Y1 - 2023/1/1
N2 - Jakob Hohwy has suggested that “the free energy principle may fit with a contemporary theory of consciousness, namely a Bayesian metacognitive theory recently proposed by Hakwan Lau”, according to which “perceptual consciousness depends on our Bayesian decisions, i.e., criterion setting, based on… higher-order representations [of the variance of probability density functions]”. Hohwy then goes into some details in making this connection, while setting aside “the higher-order thought theory with which it is initially presented and, instead, via the notion of active inference”. In this chapter, I shall not repeat Hohwy’s argumentation in his paper and will instead develop a possible direction that is more in line with Lau’s original settings. One crucial point to be noted is that the version of higher-order theory being explored here should not be understood as a higher-order thought theory; nor should it be understood as a higher-order perception theory. This will be clear only after the positive view is presented.
AB - Jakob Hohwy has suggested that “the free energy principle may fit with a contemporary theory of consciousness, namely a Bayesian metacognitive theory recently proposed by Hakwan Lau”, according to which “perceptual consciousness depends on our Bayesian decisions, i.e., criterion setting, based on… higher-order representations [of the variance of probability density functions]”. Hohwy then goes into some details in making this connection, while setting aside “the higher-order thought theory with which it is initially presented and, instead, via the notion of active inference”. In this chapter, I shall not repeat Hohwy’s argumentation in his paper and will instead develop a possible direction that is more in line with Lau’s original settings. One crucial point to be noted is that the version of higher-order theory being explored here should not be understood as a higher-order thought theory; nor should it be understood as a higher-order perception theory. This will be clear only after the positive view is presented.
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U2 - 10.4324/9781003084082-14
DO - 10.4324/9781003084082-14
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85183258350
SN - 9780367535476
SP - 283
EP - 293
BT - Expected Experiences
PB - Taylor and Francis
ER -