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- Sat Dec 07, 2013 7:35 am
- Forum: News Items Related to Jaynes's Theory
- Topic: Recent News of Interest to the Jaynes Community?
- Replies: 2
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Re: Recent News of Interest to the Jaynes Community?
It would relate to the after-death communication part of Jaynes' theory. Remember the 'phenomenon' of the bicameral mind is most present in stressful situations, grief being one of them. But Jaynes also placed much emphasis on hypnosis as a way of experimenting with his theory, pretty sure there's a...
- Sat Nov 16, 2013 6:58 am
- Forum: 1.0. Hypothesis One: Consciousness Based On Language
- Topic: Consciousness as Integrated Information and its relation to
- Replies: 1
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Consciousness as Integrated Information and its relation to
Consciousness as Integrated Information: a Provisional Manifesto http://www.biolbull.org/content/215/3/216.full?view=long&pmid=19098144 This gentleman, Giulio Tononi, a neuroscientist/psychiatrist at Wisconsin, is constructing a mathematical theory of consciousness in which the integration of i...
- Mon Oct 21, 2013 5:49 pm
- Forum: News Items Related to Jaynes's Theory
- Topic: Recent News of Interest to the Jaynes Community?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 17353
Recent News of Interest to the Jaynes Community?
[below I am adding links to articles that might be of interest to folks on this forum] Automated reconstruction of ancient languages using probabilistic models of sound change published ahead of print February 15, 2013 Alexandre Bouchard-Côté, David Hall, Thomas L. Griffiths, and Dan Klein http://...
- Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Connectome Project (Visualizing the Corpus Callosum)
- Replies: 0
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The Connectome Project (Visualizing the Corpus Callosum)
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/65931000/jpg/_65931406_65931405.jpg http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21487016 Watch this short video (2 min) for a glimpse into the connectome project; halfway, he zooms into the 'superhighway' running through the corpus callosum "Scientists a...
- Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Jaynes-Inspired Blogs
- Replies: 5
- Views: 24359
Re: Jaynes-Inspired Blogs
I am not versed in the blogosphere (too busy keeping up with my own!), so I'm not sure I can answer the question. For personal-interest blogging, any one of the dozen free services should suffice. For something tied to an academic institution or private organization, you might try to contact them an...
- Sat Oct 06, 2012 3:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Jaynes-Inspired Blogs
- Replies: 5
- Views: 24359
Jaynes-Inspired Blogs
I am interested in keeping up with any blogs that are Jaynes-inspired. Please post below, I'm sure we could all benefit. I've recently entered a snippet from the Journal of Cognitive Semiotics which I believe is in line with Jaynesian theory: http://networkaddress.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-dual-proce...
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: References to Julian Jaynes by other Authors
- Replies: 7
- Views: 28519
Re: References to Julian Jaynes by other Authors
good thing I saw this thread, I was just going to post this up anyway. Damasio makes an important distinction in regards to a major misinterpretation of Jaynes' theory. He talks about the self-as-object vs. the self-as-subject (p10), and uses the term 'autobiographical self' as analagous to Jaynes's...
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:06 pm
- Forum: The Bicameral Mind in Fiction, Film & Popular Culture
- Topic: Loki's Speech
- Replies: 2
- Views: 17192
Re: Loki's Speech
You've raised a great point for discussion. This recent clip, and the following threads, would probably be of interest to you. And since you mention it, you'd think that the Bicameral Mind would be popping up more nowadays, considering this current shift in how we view authority (decentralization an...
- Sat Mar 24, 2012 8:04 am
- Forum: 2.5. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: Schizophrenia
- Topic: Richard Bentall: Why Society Drives You Mad
- Replies: 1
- Views: 17019
Richard Bentall: Why Society Drives You Mad
Clinical psychologist and vocal critic of psychiatry Richard Bentall reveals why social inequality, racism and the built environment have a far more significant role to play in mental illness than the biomedical establishment acknowledges. Richard Bentall: Why Society Drives You Mad, How the Light G...
- Thu Mar 22, 2012 5:48 pm
- Forum: 3.0. Hypothesis Three: Dating the Development of Consciousness
- Topic: Timeline of Estimated Transition by Culture
- Replies: 3
- Views: 17851
Re: Timeline of Estimated Transition by Culture
taken from Jaynes' OC Bicameral Timeline 2000-1000 BC: man stops hearing voices 1000-0 BC: oracle and prophets die away 0-1000 AD: sayings and hearings preserved in sacred text 1000-2000 AD: sacred text loses its authority Literary examples of Bicameralism Theory (vs. Subjective Consciousness) Chin...
- Sat Mar 03, 2012 7:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Julian Jaynes and the Singularity
- Replies: 0
- Views: 32080
Julian Jaynes and the Singularity
As I come back around again and again to the Singularity, I consistently hear this analogy: To explain the post-singularity world to a human of our current day, would be like trying to explain 'human-ness' to a goldfish. (I heard this in a talk given by SciFi author Vernor Vinge, but the analogy is ...
- Wed Feb 29, 2012 4:13 am
- Forum: The Bicameral Mind in Fiction, Film & Popular Culture
- Topic: Julian Jaynes X SciFi
- Replies: 0
- Views: 31224
Julian Jaynes X SciFi
I have been greatly influenced by Julian Jaynes. His theory focuses on a catalytic moment in human evolution. It is with his insight that we curiously look at our own era in wonder at what drastic changes might lie ahead, or, more interestingly, those which are already in progress. That being said, ...
- Mon Feb 20, 2012 5:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What does the term 'aptic' and/or 'aptic structure' mean?
- Replies: 4
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Re: What does the term 'aptic' and/or 'aptic structure' mean
Does Jaynes' aptic structures sound something similar to Rupert Sheldrake's morphic resonances?
- Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:26 pm
- Forum: The Bicameral Mind in Fiction, Film & Popular Culture
- Topic: Author Philip K. Dick's letter to edtr. Mark Hurst re Jaynes
- Replies: 5
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Re: Author Philip K. Dick's letter to edtr. Mark Hurst re Ja
terry- Is it true that Jung/Campbell saw the collective unconscious as a reservoir, passive, and not something that interacts? I think it is, like you said, but it's a distinction I haven't really thought about until now. I guess what I'm trying to uncover is a way to see the collective unconscious ...
- Sat Feb 11, 2012 5:47 pm
- Forum: 3.0. Hypothesis Three: Dating the Development of Consciousness
- Topic: Transition from Bicamerality to Consciousness
- Replies: 4
- Views: 20410
Re: Change all over the world
Is it safe to say that memes (operating in the cultural environment) have supplanted genes (operating in the physical environment) as the 'engines of evolution' after the advent of (Jaynes') consciousness? In other words, has evolution been a non-physical thing ever since the mindspace came about? O...