A LIBRARIAN’S ORIENTATION
What this book explores
A neuropsychologist argues that feeling and homeostatic regulation, not cortical cognition, are the foundation of consciousness.
EDITORIAL NOTE
Why it’s in the Library
It restores feeling, need, and embodied regulation to discussions often dominated by perception and computation. The book offers a productive counterpoint for travelers comparing scientific accounts of inner life.
Good starting place if…
You want a neuropsychoanalytic argument that feeling and organism-level regulation, rather than higher cognition alone, form the basis of consciousness.
Know before you begin…
Solms advances a specific theory drawing on neuroscience, psychoanalysis, and predictive processing. Its account of brain regions and its broader conclusions are debated, so treat it as a serious proposal rather than a settled map.