The self-evidencing agent : mind, existence, and predictive processing / Jakob Hohwy.

Author/creator Hohwy, Jakob author.
Format Book
PublicationCambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2026]
Descriptionx, 341 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents From existence to free energy and self-evidencing -- Self-evidencing for active organisms -- Self-evidencing with precision control -- Accuracy and pragmatics -- Inference to the best decision -- Self-models and selves -- Volition, emotion, and value -- Self-evidencing for consciousness -- Wisdom and meaning -- Concluding remarks.
Abstract "An extension of the Predictive Processing / Active Inference model into an overall framework for understanding meaning and existence"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Hohwy, Jakob. Self-evidencing agent Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2026] 9780262385619
LCCN 2025004525
ISBN9780262553896 paperback
ISBN0262553899 paperback
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic publication

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