Abstract
This essay takes up the framework of Semiotic Cultural Psychology, which in last decade was very productive in analyzing societal phenomena. Digging into complex sensemaking mechanisms, underlying the interaction between individual and his surrounding environment, has consolidated a base of empirical data gathered from different societies. Aiming to better understand the role of culture in this interaction, the current paper proposes to bridge these findings of observable macro-processes with the ones from the Active inference theory and cognitive science. Similarities between the two frameworks, as well as possible benefits of employing them for one goal, are discussed in this paper.
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Adapted from Kerusauskaite & Reho (in press)
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Kerusauskaite, S. Role of Culture in Meaning Making: Bridging Semiotic Cultural Psychology and Active Inference. Integr. psych. behav. 57, 432–443 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12124-022-09744-x
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