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Inference in (neuro)cognitive systems By Urte Laukaityte and Matteo Colombo Psychologists speak of perceiving as inferring. Neuroscientists maintain that the brain solves inference problems. Biologists say that individual cells infer the structure of their environment. Computer scientists suggest artificial systems can at times draw better inferences than humans. For many philosophers, these ways of talking are nonsensical because only human reasoners can make inferences.

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Cognitive scientists ascribe inferential processes to (neuro)cognitive systems to explain many of their capacities. Since these ascriptions have different

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Delusions are commonly defined as beliefs based on incorrect inference. But the term ‘inference’ is used in different fields with a lot of variation, which has

Exploring our world's diverse forms of mind—human, animal, machine—from diverse perspectives.

Exploring our world's diverse forms of mind—human, animal, machine—from diverse perspectives.