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This article aims to present a non-internalist interpretation of Active Inference that emphasizes the organism-environment relationship.

May 31, 2026Open Access

Active Inference without Internalism: Enactive Inference and Processual Perspectivism

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This article aims to present a non-internalist interpretation of Active Inference that emphasizes the organism-environment relationship.
Developed a philosophical argument against internalist interpretations of Active Inference.
Utilized the dark-room problem as a diagnostic case for understanding free-energy minimization.
Introduced processual perspectivism as an ontology of perspective-bearing life.
Demonstrated that Active Inference is more coherent when viewed as enactive inference.
Highlighted the importance of expected free energy and biological normativity in organism-environment interactions.
Argued that consciousness is an intrinsically affective and embodied perspective rather than an inner representational object.

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This article develops a philosophical framework that interprets Active Inference through enactive approaches, suggesting significant implications for understanding consciousness.

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Gerd Leidig (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1bd2f35783ba022b6fe31e https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20439162

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This article develops a philosophical framework that interprets Active Inference through enactive approaches, suggesting significant implications for understanding consciousness.

Active Inference without Internalism: Enactive Inference and Processual Perspectivism

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Active Inference without Internalism: Enactive Inference and Processual Perspectivism

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