Books

My sole-authored book, along with books I have contributed to as co-author, editor or translator. It comes with a web appendix (in Japanese) that works through the derivations behind the main text.

Sole-authored book

November 2026 · in Japanese

自由エネルギー原理を哲学する

Philosophizing the Free Energy Principle: Body, Consciousness, and AI

From the “predictive mind” to “predictive life.” Can the free energy principle become a theory that understands life and mind in a unified way? Drawing on empirical findings and philosophical argument, the book examines the core of the principle and how far it reaches.

  • Sole author
  • Keisō Shobō
  • 336 pages
  • ISBN 978-4-326-15505-7
Web appendix (Japanese)

Edited volumes, translations and co-authored books

  • 10-sai kara no kuritikaru shinkingu [Critical Thinking from Age Ten]Co-author, with Ryo Uehara and others. Gōdō Shuppan, 2026. In Japanese.
  • Expected Experiences: The Predictive Mind in an Uncertain WorldTony Cheng, Ryoji Sato, and Jakob Hohwy (eds.), Routledge, 2023
  • Yosoku suru kokoro [Japanese translation of Jakob Hohwy, The Predictive Mind]Supervising translator. Keisō Shobō, 2021
  • Nihon de deau sekai [Meeting the World in Japan]Co-author, with Yusuke Sakurai and others. Sophia University Press, 2020. In Japanese.
  • Ishiki no shosō [Japanese translation of David J. Chalmers, The Character of Consciousness]Co-translator, with Koji Ota and others. Shunjūsha, 2016. In Japanese.