Neural encoding of social and semantic content is precisely what predictive processing accounts like Clark and Friston's active inference require, vindicating medical-model neuroscience.

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Active inference(as used in theoretical neuroscience): An extension of predictive processing where your brain doesn't just predict the future—it also acts on the world to make those predictions come true.
Clark (Andy Clark)(as a major figure in philosophy of mind): A prominent philosopher and cognitive scientist who developed the theory of the extended mind and contributed to predictive processing frameworks.
Friston (Karl Friston)(as a major figure in computational neuroscience): A leading neuroscientist who developed the free energy principle and active inference models that explain how brains minimize prediction errors.
Medical-model neuroscience(as used in philosophy of neuroscience): An approach to neuroscience that explains brain function and behavior by identifying the physical/biological mechanisms underlying mental processes, similar to how medicine explains disease through physical causes.

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Neural encoding(as used in neuroscience)

The way the brain converts sensory information (like sound) into electrical and chemical signals that neurons can process.

Predictive processing(as used in cognitive neuroscience)

A theory that your brain works by constantly predicting what will happen next, then checking those predictions against what actually happens.

Vindicating(The statement contrasts what Davidson's argument actually does versus what it might seem to vindicate)

Proving something correct or justified; showing that a claim deserves to be believed.

semantic content(Cappelen and Lepore's literalist/minimalist framework)

Propositions determined solely by conventions of meaning, precisification, disambiguation, and reference fixing — not by pragmatic inference.

social content(as used in social philosophy)

The actual meaning and practical significance something has within a society—what it really means to people living in that society.

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