Constraining the Compression: Thermodynamic Depth and Composition

DAVOODY BENI M.

PHILOSOPHICAL QUARTERLY, 2024 (AHCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Publication Date: 2024
  • Doi Number: 10.1093/pq/pqae019
  • Journal Name: PHILOSOPHICAL QUARTERLY
  • Journal Indexes: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, IBZ Online, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Periodicals Index Online, L'Année philologique, Humanities Abstracts, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Philosopher's Index, zbMATH, DIALNET
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This paper examines Bird's account of restricted compositionality in terms of compression of information. Additionally, this paper proposes an alternative perspective (to Bird's) that links compositionality to the Free Energy Principle and the minimisation of collective entropy. Emphasising functional integration, this criterion provides a more focused and relatively more objective (patternist) account of composition.