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The numerical values for the levels have no scientific relevance. They are used only for illustrative purposes.
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At this point I would like to thank one of the reviewers for her or his substantial advice and constructive comments.
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However, I’d like to point out that the free energy principle does not make any commitments to one single neuroscientific theory. Rather, it tries to find entities that may realize the free energy principle in the brain; what these entities are remains to be inquired.
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This does not mean that the free energy principle is false. On the contrary, this paper will present an attempt to increase its explanatory potential.
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However, as a preliminary note, both functional and structural properties are needed for a full mechanistic explanation (cf. Piccinini & Craver 2011, p. 290).
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In this paper, the term “explanatory gap” is not used in the sense of “an explanatory gap […] between the functions and experience” (Chalmers 1995, p. 205; see Levine 1983 for the classical reference), as we see in the philosophy of mind. Rather, it describes the lack of neurobiological details in functional concepts.
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Of course, to do so one would also have to know all the components involved in the mechanism responsible for attention.