Dear Members and Friends of the Julian Jaynes Society,
We’re currently hard at work finishing up our latest book, Conversations on Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind, due out this fall. Please stay tuned…
New this month, read the latest blog posts from Brian McVeigh: “Putting Julian Jaynes’s Theory to the Test” and “The Presence of an Absent Father.”
And new this month for members: Watch Dr. Dirk Corsten’s lecture “The Origins of Voices” and a rare documentary on the brain featuring Julian Jaynes. Also: New articles and dissertations on hearing voices, language and consciousness, split-brain research, and more.
Finally, please join us on Thursday, July 8th for the next installment of the Julian Jaynes Society Interview Series, where we’ll be speaking with Professor William Woodward on Julian Jaynes’s life.
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Hello Marcel,
Inspired by my reading of The Breakdown of…, earliest and second edition, purchased solely on the basis of its title, then broad readings of books and scripture, I am writing a book on science and religion which, almost of course, uses Dawkins books as foil leading to my own theses, and, along the way, wakening one day to say to myself “you believe in God”, and indeed I do, but not a God in our image made.
I have read many books of course, many citing Jaynes without having understood him at all, my opinion.
I credit Dawkins for having explicitly recognized that Jaynes might well have been a genius. He was/is.
I credit Dawkins for his invention of the word meme a properly pregnant notion not fully explored.
My book is not a long scholarly work, though I did tons of scholarly reading. Other authors have done more than enough of that, often, my opinion, failing to have actually understood the essence of Jaynes’ insights at all.
Best regards, Peter Aborn
I will be brash enough to send you a pre-publication copy, but not so brash as to expect you to read it. If you do, you r comments, candid, frank or blunt will be welcome.
I am joining a discussion group next week
Hi Peter, I’ll look forward to your new book and seeing you in this week’s discussion.