Philosophy of Mind Researcher
Rethinking agency through the predictive brain.
I'm Marianne McAllister, a philosophy graduate from Macquarie University working at the intersection of predictive processing, philosophy of mind, and the free will debate — currently developing two research projects: Adaptive, and a working paper translating Bratman's theory of agency into predictive processing.
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The mind doesn't just react to the world — it predicts it.
I'm a philosophy graduate from Macquarie University working at the intersection of philosophy of mind, predictive processing, and the free will debate. My primary research project, Adaptive, translates predictive processing into a disciplined, self-directed methodology — alongside an active working paper translating Michael Bratman's planning theory of agency into the vocabulary of predictive processing.

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Pierrick Bourrat
Senior Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Macquarie University
