Before revision: Analogy is the core of cognition , and can be formalized in terms of Bayesian inference . Indeed, thought itself can be thought of as constituting dynamics of cascading belief propagation through the nodes of generative probability models specified by a cortical heterarchy "rooted" in perception-action cycles that ground the mind as an embodied control system for an autonomous agent.
After revision: Analogy is the core of cognition , and can be formalized in terms of Bayesian inference and vice versa, and that both of these positions require a thorough cybernetic grounding in order to fulfill their promise as unifying frameworks for understanding minds. From the Bayesian perspective of the Free Energy Principle and Active Inference framework, thought is constituted by dynamics of cascading belief propagation through the nodes of generative probability models specified by a cortical heterarchy "rooted" in perception-action cycles that ground the mind as an embodied control system for an autonomous agent.