The Sentient Principle

By: Wu, Jingyu

This book presents a paradigmatic revolution in understanding mind and life by introducing the Sentient Principle-a comprehensive framework that places first-person sentience at the ontological foundation of all living systems. Departing from the traditional consciousness-centered approach that has long mired research in philosophical ambiguity, we redirect scientific inquiry toward the concrete entity casting the shadow: life itself as a sentient system.The framework introduces key innovations: (1) Systemic Feelings as the holistic background representation of organismic state; (2) Sensation Discrepancy as the universal driver of learning and action selection; (3) Value-Dependent Selective Stabilization through Hebbian plasticity and reentry; (4) A Three-Layer Structure (Vital, Social, Noetic) that naturalizes the emergence of complex cognition from basic physiological foundations.The work culminates in both a scientific framework and an ethical vision: to cultivate sentient persons capable of deep self-awareness, empathic resonance, and warm acceptance of life's irreducible plurality.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6209450423
• ISBN13: 9786209450426
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"