?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Epistemic+Autonomy+in+Models+of+Living+Systems&rft.creator=Prem%2C+Erich&rft.subject=Ethology&rft.subject=Theoretical+Biology&rft.subject=Theoretical+Biology&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.description=This+paper+discusses+epistemological+consequences+of+embodied+AI+for+Artificial+Life+models.+The+importance+of+robotic+systems+for+ALife+lies+in+the+fact+that+they+are+not+purely+formal+models+and+thus+have+to+address+issues+of+semantic+adaptation+and+epistemic+autonomy%2C+which+means+the+system's+own+ability+to+decide+upon+the+validity+of+measurements.+Epistemic+autonomy+in+artificial+systems+is+a+difficult+problem+that+poses+foundational+questions.+The+proposal+is+to+concentrate+on+biological+transformations+of+epistemological+questions+that+have+lead+to+the+development+of+modern+ethology.+Such+an+approach+has+proven+to+be+useful+in+the+design+of+control+systems+for+behavior-based+robots.+It+leads+to+a+better+understanding+of+modern+ontological+conceptions+as+well+as+a+reacknowledgement+of+finality+in+the+description+and+design+of+autonomous+systems.&rft.publisher=MIT+Press%2C+Cambridge%2C+MA&rft.contributor=Husbands%2C+Phil&rft.contributor=Harvey%2C+Inman&rft.date=1997&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F168%2F2%2Foefai-tr-97-14.ps&rft.identifier=++Prem%2C+Erich++(1997)+Epistemic+Autonomy+in+Models+of+Living+Systems.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F168%2F