title: The problem with brain GUTs: conflation of different senses of "prediction" threatens metaphysical disaster.
abstract: Clark appears to be moving toward epistemic internalism, which he once rightly rejected. This results from a double over-interpretation of predictive coding's significance. First, Clark argues that predictive coding offers a Grand Unified Theory (GUT) of brain function. Second, he over-reads its epistemic import, perhaps even conflating causal and epistemic mediators. We argue instead for a plurality of neurofunctional principles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17604-3003, USA. michael.anderson@fandm.edu
authors.forename: Michael L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chemero
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D019336:Cognitive Science / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D010465:Perception / Q000502:physiology*