How brains build higher order representations of uncertainty
Philosophy and the Mind Sciences February 27, 2026 Megan A. K. Peters, Hojjat Azimi Asrari 1 citation
Higher-order representations are neural or computational states that are “about” first-order representations, encoding information not about the external world per se but about the agent’s own representational processes – such as the reliability, source, or structure of a first-order representation. These higher-order representations appear critical to metacognition, learning, and even...