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Jakob Hohwy

Professor of Philosophy · Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

Research Areas

ConsciousnessPhilosophyPredictive Processing

About

Philosopher and cognitive scientist who applies the predictive processing framework to consciousness, arguing that the brain is fundamentally a prediction machine and that conscious experience arises from hierarchical Bayesian inference.

Publications

  • The Predictive Mind
  • Predictive Processing as a Systematic Basis for Identifying the Neural Correlates of Consciousness
  • New Directions in Predictive Processing
  • The Self-Evidencing Brain

Related Guides

Higher-Order Theories of Consciousness (HOT)

Rosenthal and Lau's framework proposing consciousness requires higher-order mental representations about our own mental states.

Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch OR)

Penrose and Hameroff's quantum theory proposing consciousness arises from gravitational self-collapse in neuronal microtubules.

Neural Correlates of Consciousness (NCC)

The search for the minimal neuronal mechanisms jointly sufficient for any one specific conscious percept.

Idealism in Philosophy of Mind

Bernardo Kastrup's analytical idealism and the philosophical tradition arguing consciousness is fundamental, not matter.

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