Extended Predictive Minds: do Markov Blankets Matter?

The extended mind thesis claims that a subject’s sometimes encompasses the environmental props subject interacts with while solving cognitive tasks. Recently, debate over has been focused on Markov Blankets: statistical boundaries separating biological systems from environment. Here, I argue such focus is mistaken, because Blankets neither adjudicate, nor help us whether true. To do so, briefly introduce and free energy principle in Section 2. then turn exposition to criticism. In 3, using determine extends will provide an answer based circular reasoning. 4, consider track of mind, answering negative. This resorting yields extensionally inadequate conclusions which violate parity principle. 5, further led sidestep as they make internalism about vacuously A brief concluding paragraph follows.