# Review of Structuring the Mind **Opening (not a real abstract):** Structuring Mind: The Nature of Attention and How It Shapes Consciousness, by Sebastian Watzl. Oxford and New York: Oxford What is attention? What is its role in consciousness? Sebastian Watzl’s book addresses these questions by developing a simple idea: attention structures the mind. The idea is fleshed out in this ambitious two-part work. The first in terms of priority, the second provides a conception of attention as organizing consciousness by centring the conscious field. Watzl has thought deeply about these issues, and the results are carefully explicated in this compelling and complex book. It provides the most comprehensive philosophical discussion of the functional and phenomenal aspects of attention currently available in monograph form. The first part presents Watzl’s priority structuring view of attention. **Authors:** [[Wu]]