TY  - BOOK
AU  - Briegel,Hans J.
AU  - Müller,Thomas
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Projective Simulation in Action: Quantum-Mechanical Perspectives on the Problem of Agency 
T2  - Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science,
SN  - 9783031981197
AV  - Q174-175.3 
U1  - 501 23
PY  - 2025///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer Nature Switzerland, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Science
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Quantum physics
KW  - Artificial intelligence
KW  - Computational intelligence
KW  - Philosophy of nature
KW  - Philosophy of Science
KW  - Quantum Physics
KW  - Artificial Intelligence
KW  - Computational Intelligence
KW  - Philosophy of Nature
N1  - Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Agency -- Chapter 3. Quantum Mechanics -- Chapter 4. QBism: Integrating Agency and Quantum Mechanics -- Chapter 5. Projective Simulation -- Chapter 6. Phenomenology -- Chapter 7. Conclusion -- Index; Open Access
N2  - This open access monograph presents an in-depth study of the problem of how agency fits into the physical world. In particular, the authors focus on agency as a precondition of free will. They present a detailed and physically well motivated formal model to anchor their philosophical discussion. Coverage brings together perspectives from physics, computer science, and different branches of philosophy. The book describes the agency model of Projective Simulation, its physical realisability and its quantum extensions. It situates this model within the discussion of agency in philosophy and in Artificial Intelligence. In addition, the authors highlight the role of agency in Quantum Mechanics itself, recently stressed by the Bayesian-inspired interpretation of Quantum Mechanics, QBism. They provide a comprehensive exposition of Quantum Mechanics and a reflection on the embodied nature of agents. (Quantum) indeterminism turns out to be a key resource for Projective Simulation, and for agency in general. This establishes a novel connection between agency and phenomenology. Overall, the book provides a coherent picture of agents as persisting physical entities endowed with active capacities. Such an explanation does not necessarily settle the question of the actual empirical basis of our human agency. It does, however, show that a coherent notion of agency is possible within a modern scientific world-view.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-98119-7
ER  -