TY - CHAP A2 - Metzinger, Thomas K. A2 - Wiese, Wanja AB - This chapter explores to what extent some core ideas of predictive processing can be applied to the phenomenology of time consciousness. The focus is on the experienced continuity of consciously perceived, temporally extended phenomena (such as enduring processes and successions of events). The main claim is that the hierarchy of representations posited by hierarchical predictive processing models can contribute to a deepened understanding of the continuity of consciousness. Computationally, such models show that sequences of events can be represented as states of a hierarchy of dynamical systems. Phenomenologically, they suggest a more fine-grained analysis of the perceptual contents of the specious present, in terms of a hierarchy of nested temporal wholes. Visual perception of static scenes not only contains perceived objects and regions but also spatial gist; similarly, auditory perception of temporal sequences, such as melodies, involves not only perceiving individual notes but also slightly more abstract features (temporal gist), which have longer temporal durations (e.g., emotional character or rhythm). Further investigations into these elusive contents of conscious perception may be facilitated by findings regarding its neural underpinnings. Predictive processing models suggest that sensorimotor areas may influence these contents. [1] I am highly grateful to Martin Butz Martin Butz, Jakob Hohwy Jakob Hohwy, Marius Jung Marius Jung, Thomas Metzinger Thomas Metzinger, Mark Miller Mark Miller, Iuliia Pliushch Iuliia Pliushch, and Lisa Quadt Lisa Quadt for providing a number of very useful comments on drafts of this paper. Thanks to Robin Wilson Robin Wilson for excellent editorial help. AU - Wiese, Wanja CY - Frankfurt am Main DO - 10.15502/9783958573277 KW - Time consciousness, Predictive processing, Consciousness, Phenomenology, Bayesian brain, Ideomotor principle, Auditory perception, Specious present, Event segmentation theory, Trajectory estimation model LA - English PB - MIND Group PY - 2017 SE - 26 SN - 9783958573277 ST - Predictive Processing and the Phenomenology of Time Consciousness T2 - Philosophy and Predictive Processing TI - Predictive Processing and the Phenomenology of Time Consciousness UR - https://predictive-mind.net/papers/predictive-processing-and-the-phenomenology-of-time-consciousness ID - 26