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Meaning-seeking behavior functions as a biological optimization problem

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Meaning-seeking and goal-directed behaviors in biological systems can be understood mathematically through frameworks like the free-energy principle, where agents optimize adaptive decision-making and minimize uncertainty.

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The retrieved literature extensively discusses how biological agency, decision-making, and goal-directed behavior function as optimization problems involving free-energy minimization, expected utility, and variational inference. Papers [0], [1], [6], and [8] directly support the premise that cognitive, exploratory, and meaning-seeking activities adhere to optimization principles in biological systems. There are no papers contradicting this formulation.

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Action and behavior: a free-energy formulation
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Karl J. Friston, J. Daunizeau, J. Kilner, S. Kiebel. Action and behavior: a free-energy formulation. 2010. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00422-010-0364-z

Paper [0] demonstrates that biological adaptive behavior and goal-seeking can be modeled as a free-energy minimization process.

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Exploration, novelty, surprise, and free energy minimization
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P. Schwartenbeck, T. FitzGerald, R. Dolan, Karl J. Friston. Exploration, novelty, surprise, and free energy minimization. 2013. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00710

Paper [1] shows how decision-making and exploration under uncertainty can be framed as optimizing expected utility and minimizing surprise.

Expected Free Energy-based Planning as Variational Inference
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Bert de Vries, Wouter W. L. Nuijten, Thijs van de Laar, Wouter M. Kouw, Sepideh Adamiat, T. Nisslbeck, Mykola Lukashchuk, Hoang M. H. Nguyen, Marco Hidalgo Araya, Raphael Tr'esor, Thijs Jenneskens, Ivana Nikoloska, R. Subramanian, Bart van Erp, Dmitry V. Bagaev, Albert Podusenko. Expected Free Energy-based Planning as Variational Inference. 2025. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2504.14898

Paper [6] establishes that planning and decision-making under uncertainty operate through variational free-energy minimization.

Pleasure, Power, Meaning, and Beyond: Towards a Biosemiotic Model of Wellbeing
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Farzad Goli. Pleasure, Power, Meaning, and Beyond: Towards a Biosemiotic Model of Wellbeing. 2025. https://doi.org/10.61838/ijbmc.v12i1.905

Paper [8] presents a biosemiotic model wherein meaning-making and value creation function to optimize energy and minimize free energy.

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first checked01 Aug 2026
judged → SUPPORTED · 9301 Aug 2026
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