Constraining the Compression
Thermodynamic Depth and Composition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4351815 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Majid D Beni (0000-0002-8719-0825, Middle East Technical University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 396-406 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Philosophical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8094 • E-ISSN: 1467-9213 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/pq/pqae019 |
| OpenAlex | W4392021321 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 29 |
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
Composition (language · Compression (physics · Physics · Thermodynamics · Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms · Origins and Evolution of Life · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science
Laws and Symmetry
Real Patterns
The Markov blankets of life
The free-energy principle
Every Thing Must Go
Really Real Patterns
A tale of two architectures
The mereology of thermodynamic equilibrium
Science and the special composition question
Free-energy and the brain
A Bayesian Account of the Virtue of Unification
Compressibility and the Reality of Patterns
A Simplicity Criterion for Physical Computation
Restricted Composition is Information Compression
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |