The Self-Evidencing Agent
Mind, Existence, and Predictive Processing
$109.63
- Paperback
354 pages
- Release Date
17 February 2026
Summary
What is it to be a human individual, an agent? According to Jakob Hohwy, it is to “self-evidence,” to actively seek out sensory evidence for one’s own model of oneself and the world.
The Self-Evidencing Agent begins with a simple analysis of what it is for something to exist, then uses this starting point to understand how human agents perceive and make sense of the world, decide to act, and act of their own volition. The central notion of self-evidencing helps us to understa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262553896 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262553899 |
| Author: | Jakob Hohwy |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 354 |
| Release Date: | 17 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 488g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 229mm x 154mm |
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ENDORSEMENTS“Ever since Jakob Hohwy socialized the philosophical notion of ‘self-evidencing,’ I have been waiting for this book. It is a wonderfully clear and compassionate treatment of why gathering evidence for one’s existence offers a compelling and inclusive account of how we experience the world, the self, and other ‘strange things.’” —Karl J. Friston, Professor, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London“Jakob Hohwy’s much anticipated new book delivers on all fronts. A masterful examination of what it means to be an ‘agent’, it finds great riches in the tension between minds that are in the business of inferring the world and selves from behind a sensory veil, while being deeply embedded in bodies and worlds. Essential reading for anyone interested why they are the way they are.” —Anil Seth, author of Being You: A New Science of Consciousness
About The Author
Jakob Hohwy
Jakob Hohwy is Professor of Philosophy at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of The Predictive Mind.
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