Projective Simulation in Action
Quantum-Mechanical Perspectives on the Problem of Agency
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Beschreibung
This open access monograph presents an in-depth study of the problem of how agency fits into the physical world. In particular, the authors focus on agency as a precondition of free will. They present a detailed and physically well motivated formal model to anchor their philosophical discussion. Coverage brings together perspectives from physics, computer science, and different branches of philosophy. The book describes the agency model of Projective Simulation, its physical realisability and its quantum extensions. It situates this model within the discussion of agency in philosophy and in Artificial Intelligence. In addition, the authors highlight the role of agency in Quantum Mechanics itself, recently stressed by the Bayesian-inspired interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, QBism. They provide a comprehensive exposition of Quantum Mechanics and a reflection on the embodied nature of agents. (Quantum) indeterminism turns out to be a key resource for Projective Simulation, and for agency in general. This establishes a novel connection between agency and phenomenology. Overall, the book provides a coherent picture of agents as persisting physical entities endowed with active capacities. Such an explanation does not necessarily settle the question of the actual empirical basis of our human agency. It does, however, show that a coherent notion of agency is possible within a modern scientific world-view.
Open Access: this content is freely downloadable as an eBook
Presents an in-depth study of the problem of how agency fits into the physical world
Highlights the role of agency in quantum mechanics
Presents the physically motivated model of Projective Simulation
Open Access: this content is freely downloadable as an eBook Presents an in-depth study of the problem of how agency fits into the physical world Highlights the role of agency in quantum mechanics Presents the physically motivated model of Projective Simulation
Autor*in
Hans J. Briegel
Themen in »Projective Simulation in Action«
Agency and QBism Agency and Quantum Physics Agent History and Learning Artificial Agents Acting Physical System Creative Machines Free Will Robot Free Will Nature Freedom Indeterminism Learning to act Freely Philosophy of Action Physical Approach to Learning and Agency Physical Basis of Libertarianism Role of Agents in Quantum Mechanics Role of Experience for Action