Jakob Hohwy is a philosopher engaged in both conceptual and experimental research. He works on problems in philosophy of mind about perception, neuroscience, and mental illness. At the same time, he collaborates with neuroscientists and psychiatrists, conducting experiments that put philosophical ideas to the test and that bring philosophical concerns into the lab. Hohwy completed his PhD at the Australian National University, his Masters degree at St Andrews University in Scotland, and his basic philosophy training in Denmark. He has set up the Philosophy and Cognition lab in the Philosophy Department at Monash University in Melbourne.

"Hohwy approaches his elaboration and defense of the PEM framework in an exploratory spirit (p. 7). He offers his proposals not as definitive, but as promising ways forward for an ambitious new theory of how the brain works...I'm interested to see where PEM goes next. I predict that Hohwy's book will be an important part of the discussion." --Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online

"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