Julian Jaynes Society Fall 2023 Newsletter
Please join us for our upcoming online event this Thursday, November 16th, and check out other recent Jaynes-related news: …
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The Psychology of Ancient Egypt with Brian J. McVeigh
Join us for a 90-minute interview and Q&A session with Brian J. McVeigh on his latest book, The Psychology of Ancient Egypt: Reconstructing A Lost Mentality.
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In Case You Missed It…
Important Julian Jaynes Society updates and developments that you might have missed… Sign up for our mailing list and follow us on …
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The Importance of Nailing Down the Basics: Commentary on the Jaynes Theory Quizzes
A word of thanks to all those who tested their knowledge of Jaynes’s theory by taking the quizzes. In an earlier blog, “Julian Jaynes Is …
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Fact Checking Scott Alexander’s Discussion of Julian Jaynes’s Theory on “Slate Star Codex” – Part 2
In June 2020, the psychiatrist and blogger Scott Alexander wrote a review of Julian Jaynes’s The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind for his popular “Star Slate Codex” blog. . His review contains a number of misconceptions and errors, and I will attempt to clear those up here.
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Fact Checking Scott Alexander’s Discussion of Julian Jaynes’s Theory on “Slate Star Codex” – Part 1
Scott Alexander begins his review of Jaynes’s The Origin of Consciousness with an odd opening. He describes it as “brilliant” and writes that it only has “two minor flaws”:
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Julian Jaynes Society Summer 2023 Newsletter
We hope that you’re all enjoying a wonderful summer! We have a number of new items to share with you since our last update, including: …
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Fact Checking Erik Hoel’s “The World behind the World: Consciousness, Free Will, and the Limits of Science”
In the second chapter of “The World behind the World: Consciousness, Free Will, and the Limits of Science,” Erik Hoel briefly treats the historical …
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Consciousness as “Super-perception”
People commonly confuse and conflate sensory perception with Jaynesian consciousness. Indeed, this is why in much of my writing I have stressed their distinction. However, here I argue that despite their important differences, they are nevertheless intimately related.
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Julian Jaynes Society Spring 2023 Newsletter
We have a number of new items to share with you since our last update, including: Memorial Day Sale: Enjoy 20% off Conversations on Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind…
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