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<i>Thinging</i> Through Modelling. Active Inference meets Material Engagement

2025-08-22

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In this simulation study, we adopt the comprehensive neurocomputational approach of Active Inference (AIF) to illustrate some key concepts of Material Engagement Theory (MET) [1]. MET posits that craftwork does not require, or rely on, rich internal ‘pre-planning’, i.e., complex and highly detailed representations that occur mainly in the maker’s head. Instead, the maker engages materiality through ’thinging’ , w...

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Literature Corpus work: d78ff05c-81ef-5d21-8639-ef84e917a093
DOI: 10.1101/2025.08.17.670756

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