Ela Praznik & Moritz Kriegleder: Like a Rolling Stone?

The talk took place at The Organic and the Normative conference, taking place in Ljubljana between July 30 and August 1. 2024. Learn more:
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Abstract:
Enactivism and active inference under the Free energy principle (FEP) are two approaches to the study of life and mind that are currently being debated in cognitive science, sometimes encountering each other in dialogue. While, authors from the framework of active inference have repeatedly interpreted their views as compatible with enactivist thought (Ramstead et al., 2020), enactivist have been critical of such assertions, claiming instead that there are deep incompatibilities between the two approaches (Di Paolo et al., 2022). [...]

CV:
Ela Praznik is a PhD student of philosophy at the University of Ljubljana and a young research candidate at the Institute Nova Revija for the Humanities. With a background in cognitive science, molecular biology, and philosophy, she typically approaches theoretical problems through an interdisciplinary lens. Engaging with the frameworks of the Pittsburgh school of philosophy and 4E cognitive science, her current research focuses on attempts to naturalize normativity and its relevance for Wilfrid Sellars’ synoptic vision.
Moritz Kriegleder is a cognitive scientist at the University of Vienna, working as a doctoral researcher in the ERC group “Possible Life,” https://www.possiblelife.eu. With a background in physics, cognitive science, and philosophy of science, he investigates mathematical models of cognition and their link to subjective experience. His interest in the free energy principle, enactivism and the methods of neurophenomenology led him to investigate how we construct self models and update them when acquiring novel information. His main aim is to strengthen the link between philosophical and mathematical methods in cognitive science and he ascribes to continuously practicing epistemic humility.


The conference is part of the “Vital Normativity: Beyond the Is/Ought Divide” project, which is part of the “New Horizons for Science and Religion in Central and Eastern Europe“ initiative organised by the Ian Ramsey Center of the University of Oxford in cooperation with the John Templeton Foundation. The event is also made possible with the kind support of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. 

We are grateful to the Slovenian Academy of Science and Arts (ZRC SAZU) for hosting us in their venue.