Accessing Active Inference Theory through Its Implicit and Deliberative Practice in Human Organizations

Active inference theory (AIT) is a corollary of the free-energy principle, which formalizes cognition of living system’s autopoietic organization. AIT comprises specialist terminology and mathematics used in theoretical neurobiology. Yet, active inference is common practice in human organizations, s...

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Autor principal:	Stephen Fox
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	active inference autoethnography business models environment free energy principle gap analysis Science Q Astrophysics QB460-466 Physics QC1-999
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:fb51293b94184abe8e64b6030f6753382021-11-25T17:30:29ZAccessing Active Inference Theory through Its Implicit and Deliberative Practice in Human Organizations10.3390/e231115211099-4300https://doaj.org/article/fb51293b94184abe8e64b6030f6753382021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/23/11/1521https://doaj.org/toc/1099-4300Active inference theory (AIT) is a corollary of the free-energy principle, which formalizes cognition of living system’s autopoietic organization. AIT comprises specialist terminology and mathematics used in theoretical neurobiology. Yet, active inference is common practice in human organizations, such as private companies, public institutions, and not-for-profits. Active inference encompasses three interrelated types of actions, which are carried out to minimize uncertainty about how organizations will survive. The three types of action are updating work beliefs, shifting work attention, and/or changing how work is performed. Accordingly, an alternative starting point for grasping active inference, rather than trying to understand AIT specialist terminology and mathematics, is to reflect upon lived experience. In other words, grasping active inference through autoethnographic research. In this short communication paper, accessing AIT through autoethnography is explained in terms of active inference in existing organizational practice (implicit active inference), new organizational methodologies that are informed by AIT (deliberative active inference), and combining implicit and deliberative active inference. In addition, these autoethnographic options for grasping AIT are related to generative learning.Stephen FoxMDPI AGarticleactive inferenceautoethnographybusiness modelsenvironmentfree energy principlegap analysisScienceQAstrophysicsQB460-466PhysicsQC1-999ENEntropy, Vol 23, Iss 1521, p 1521 (2021)
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description	Active inference theory (AIT) is a corollary of the free-energy principle, which formalizes cognition of living system’s autopoietic organization. AIT comprises specialist terminology and mathematics used in theoretical neurobiology. Yet, active inference is common practice in human organizations, such as private companies, public institutions, and not-for-profits. Active inference encompasses three interrelated types of actions, which are carried out to minimize uncertainty about how organizations will survive. The three types of action are updating work beliefs, shifting work attention, and/or changing how work is performed. Accordingly, an alternative starting point for grasping active inference, rather than trying to understand AIT specialist terminology and mathematics, is to reflect upon lived experience. In other words, grasping active inference through autoethnographic research. In this short communication paper, accessing AIT through autoethnography is explained in terms of active inference in existing organizational practice (implicit active inference), new organizational methodologies that are informed by AIT (deliberative active inference), and combining implicit and deliberative active inference. In addition, these autoethnographic options for grasping AIT are related to generative learning.
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title	Accessing Active Inference Theory through Its Implicit and Deliberative Practice in Human Organizations
title_short	Accessing Active Inference Theory through Its Implicit and Deliberative Practice in Human Organizations
title_full	Accessing Active Inference Theory through Its Implicit and Deliberative Practice in Human Organizations
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Accessing Active Inference Theory through Its Implicit and Deliberative Practice in Human Organizations

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