Surfing Uncertainty: Prediction, Action, and the Embodied Mind
- ISBN-10
- 0190217014
- ISBN-13
- 9780190217013
- Category
- Medical
- Pages
- 401
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- Andy Clark
Description
This title brings together work on embodiment, action, and the predictive mind. At the core is the vision of human minds as prediction machines - devices that constantly try to stay one step ahead of the breaking waves of sensory stimulation, by actively predicting the incoming flow. In every situation we encounter, that complex prediction machinery is already buzzing, proactively trying to anticipate the sensory barrage. The book shows in detail how this strange but potent strategy of self-anticipation ushers perception, understanding, and imagination simultaneously onto the cognitive stage.
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