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It is a great pleasure to comment upon Allan Hobson’s theory of dreaming and protoconsciousness. When I first encountered these ideas (Hobson 2009), I was struck by the remarkable convergence between his analysis and the conclusions of a more technical treatment furnished by the free-energy principle (Friston 2010). In what follows, I try to emphasize the deep connections between these theories by considering some of Hobson’s compelling observations, using the free-energy formulation.
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Friston, K. (2014). Please Comment on the Predictive Tenet of the Protoconsciousness Hypothesis. Is This Idea Consistent with the Helmholtzian Model of Free Energy That You Are Developing?. In: Tranquillo, N. (eds) Dream Consciousness. Vienna Circle Institute Library, vol 3. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07296-8_16
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