# the predictive mind chapters 5 and 6 **Opening (not a real abstract):** Binding is inference The prediction error minimization framework described in Part I is extremely ambitious—it gives the organizing principle for brain function as such. It should then encompass and illuminate all aspects of perception and action, including aspects that cognitive science and philosophy of mind view as problematic or poorly understood. In this second Part of the book, the prediction error minimization mechanism is therefore applied to longstanding discussions in cognitive science and philosophy of mind. These discussions primarily concern the mind’s grasp of the world—how we manage to represent states of affairs in the world, and how we sometimes misperceive the world. In this chapter, the focus is the binding problem, how the brain manages to discern properties of objects in the world and correctly bind these properties **Authors:** [[hohwy]]