Articles by Julian Jaynes

I propose the hypothesis that the well-known cave paintings and engravings at Lascaux, Altamira, and in about a hundred other caves in southern France …

We understand something by finding a metaphor for it with which we are more familiar, and the feeling of familiarity is the feeling of understanding. In …

The problem of consciousness and its corollary the mind body problem have been with us at least since Descartes. An approach to a solution to both may be begun by carefully analyzing consciousness into its component features and modes.

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 …

Panel discussion following Julian Jaynes’s “Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind” lecture and subsequent lectures by Daniel Dennett, Jonathan …