The Self-Evidencing Agent

"Every now and then a book appears that looks set to be a milestone in the interdisciplinary study of mind. This is one of those rare and important books. The core organizing principle of mentality itself, Hohwy persuasively argues, is the prediction of our own ongoing streams of sensory input. Hohwy applies this principle to cases ranging from simple sensing all the way to hallucinations, delusions, consciousness, emotion, the sense of presence, and the nature of the self. A wonderful, timely, ground-breaking treatment, and required reading for anyone interested in the nature and possibility of mind."--Andy Clark FRSE, Professor of Logic and Metaphysics, University of Edinburgh "This is a wonderful and deep book. I have heard it said that it heralds a paradigm shift in cognitive neuroscience -- and perhaps neurophilosophy. It is an eloquent and accessible synthesis of recent advances in theoretical neurobiology, as they apply to the human brain and mind. I confess that I had thought about writing a book addressing the more technical themes -- but having read The Predictive Mind, I feel curiously complacent and content, because this book says everything that needed to be said - and much more."--Karl Friston, University College London