Read the latest release from the Julian Jaynes Society:
Conversations on Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind: Interviews with Leading Thinkers on Julian Jaynes’s Theory
How old is consciousness? What is the relationship of consciousness and language? What is the origin of god beliefs and religion? Why do people hear voices that command their behavior? These are just a few of the fascinating questions posed by Princeton University psychologist Julian Jaynes’s influential and controversial theory and discussed in this book.
A treasure trove of provocative ideas, Conversations on Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind explains, extends, clarifies, and presents the latest evidence for Jaynes’s theory in a series of highly engaging interviews with both voice-hearers and leading thinkers on the theory. Topics range from the origin and nature of consciousness; the history, neurology, and experience of hearing voices; sensed presences and imagined “others”; evidence for bicameral mentality in history, diverse cultures, and ancient texts; the nature of hypnosis, dreams, “spirit possession,” and free will; and much more.
(Updated September 2022)
Now Available: Conversations on Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind
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- ↳ 1.0. Hypothesis One: Consciousness Based On Language
- ↳ 1.01. Hypothesis One: Consciousness Based On Language | Subtopic: Consciousness & Dreams
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- ↳ 1.03. Hypothesis One: Consciousness Based On Language | Subtopic: Consciousness and AI
- ↳ 2.0. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind
- ↳ 2.1. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: Auditory Hallucinations in Normal Adults
- ↳ 2.2. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: Hallucinations & Imaginary Companions in Children
- ↳ 2.3. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: Hypnosis, Possession & Altered States of Consciousness
- ↳ 2.4. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: Religion & the Bicameral Mind
- ↳ 2.5. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: Schizophrenia
- ↳ 2.6. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: The Mentality of Pre-Literate & Pre-Modern Peoples
- ↳ 3.0. Hypothesis Three: Dating the Development of Consciousness
- ↳ 4.0. Hypothesis Four: Jaynes's Neurological Model for the Bicameral Mind
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