Active Inference · Paper · 2026

Prior Cognitive Art

Daniel Ari Friedman

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A prior is not explained by stacking more priors; it is located by mechanism, function, history, and fixed-point organization. The paper's precise thesis is procedural: before asking why a prior exists, identify which explanatory kind is being requested and name the rule that will terminate the explanation. This working paper argues that Tinbergen's four questions are not stacked levels in one...

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  • Free energy minimization
  • Generative modeling
  • Bayesian inference

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Friedman, Daniel Ari. 2026. Prior Cognitive Art. Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21316510. URL: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21316510.

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