Articles by Julian Jaynes

Did William Blake really see visions? And were these the origins of some of his drawings and paintings with their anatomical style, allegorical …

These three figures show Tutankhamun in the middle with his ka in tow. Note that the ka is wearing the Osirian beard – only the king’s ka was an aspect …

If we compare the vocabulary between early and late Greek texts over the first millennium B.C., or between early and late Hebrew texts over the same …

In the course of trying to understand the evolution of the mind, I had for a long time been developing various notes and evidence about a new theory of …

Julian Jaynes’s response to comments on made by Daniel Dennett and others on his “Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind” lecture. …

Open discussion of Julian Jaynes’s “Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind” lecture with members of the audience at the Yellow Springs Institute.

Who am I? It’s such a terribly important question to us at various times of our lives, particularly in adolescence. Who and what am I? Do I have a …

Open discussion of Julian Jaynes’s “Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind” lecture with members of the audience at the University of New Hampshire.

Verbal hallucinations were studied in a variety of groups. In a sample of hospitalized schizophrenics and a sample of homeless people on the streets on …

What I have to present to you this morning is essentially a historical theory that results in a conclusion that consciousness and mind cannot be …