Now Available: The Revised Edition of Reflections on the Dawn of Consciousness
Now available: The revised second edition of Reflections on the Dawn of Consciousness: Julian Jaynes’s Bicameral Mind Theory Revisited …
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JJS Publications
A complete listing of articles published in Julian Jaynes Society books.
Now Available: Conversations on Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind
Now available: Conversations on Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind: Interviews with Leading Thinkers on Julian Jaynes’s …
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Now available for pre-order: Conversations on Consciosuness and the BIcameral Mind: Interviews with Leading Thinkers on Julian Jaynes’s …
Read MoreAuditory Hallucinations and the Right Hemisphere
Summary: Iris Sommer and Sanne Brederoo interviewed by Brendan Leahy and Marcel Kuijsten on neuroimaging audiory hallucinations, the relationship between language lateralization and psychosis, treatments for auditory hallucinations, and more. …
Read MoreNew Evidence for Jaynes’s Neurological Model
ummary: Marcel Kuijsten interviewed by Brendan Leahy on the evidence the fourth hypothesis of Julian Jaynes’s theory, his neurological model for the bicameral mind. …
Read MoreThe Evolution of Mental Language in the Iliad and the Odyssey
Summary: Boban Dedović interviewed by Marcel Kuijsten the evolution of mental language in the Iliad and Odyssey, the dating and authorship of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Julian Jaynes’s preconscious hypotheses, and a range of other topics. …
Read MoreEvidence for Bicameral Mentality in Ancient Tibet
Summary: Todd Gibson interviewed by Marcel Kuijsten and Brian J. McVeigh on the evidence for bicameral mentality and the transition to consciousness in anicent Tibet, and connections between Jaynes’s conception of consciousness and Buddhism. …
Read MoreEvidence for Bicameral Mentality in the Bible
Summary: Brian J. McVeigh interviewed by Marcel Kuijsten on the evidence for bicameral mentality and the transition to consciousness in the Bible, as detailed in his book The Psychology of the Bible: Explaining Divine Voices and Visions. …
Read MoreThe Bible as a Written Record of the Dawn of Consciousness
Summary: Rabbi James Cohn interviewed by Brendan Leahy on the third hypothesis of Julian Jaynes’s theory: dating the transition from bicameral mentality to consciousness. With disscussion of the Bible as a written record of the dawn of consciousness and the problems inherent in dating and translating ancient texts. …
Read MoreConsciousness, Cave Art, and Dreams
Summary: Marcel Kuijsten interviewed by Brendan Leahy on the third hypothesis of Julian Jaynes’s theory: dating the transition from bicameral mentality to consciousness. With disscussion of cave art and the transition from visitation to conscious dreams. …
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