Consciousness and Language
Summary: Marcel Kuijsten interviewed by Brendan Leahy on the first hypothesis of Julian Jaynes’s theory. Excerpt: Brendan Leahy: Can you …
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Directly Related Articles
A listing of many of the articles directly related to Julian Jaynes’s theory. See also the Indirectly Related Articles and Supporting Evidence categories.
Julian Jaynes, the Bicameral Mind, and the Origin of Consciousness
Summary: Marcel Kuijsten interviewed by Henrik Palmgren on Julian Jaynes’s theory. …
Read MoreJulian Jaynes’s Four Hypotheses on the Origin of Mind
The history of ideas teaches us that new, paradigm-shifting theories typically face an uphill battle. Often they are initially rejected, then only gradually appreciated, with many details misunderstood. …
Read More‘Minds’ in ‘Homer’: A Quantitative Psycholinguistic Comparison of the Iliad and Odyssey
“My child, why do you weep? What grief has come upon your phrenes (φρένες)? Speak—conceal not in noos (νόος) in order that we both may know,” …
Read MoreHow to Make a Conscious Chess-Player Machine: Making Artificial Intelligence out of Julian Jaynes’ Theory
A very simple, or let me call it a “simplistic,” model has been presented in order to meet two main goals. The first one is to give a …
Read MoreJulian Jaynes and Owen Barfield on the Origins, Nature, and Trajectory of Consciousness
Owen Barfield wrote a review of The Origins of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind in the February, 1979, issue of …
Read MorePicturing Thinking: Externalization of the Images of Mind in a Darkened Space
In 1979 Julian Jaynes wrote a short article called “Palaeolithic Cave Paintings as Eidetic Images” that was itself commentary on an article …
Read MoreJaynes, Metaphor, and the Rhetorical Structuring of Consciousness
If Julian Jaynes had done nothing but write Chapter 2 of Book I of The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind …
Read MoreThe Emergence of Psychotherapies in Modern Japan: A Jaynesian Interpretation
I examine the origins of psychotherapies in Japan by applying the theories developed by Julian Jaynes. I show how, as in other …
Read MoreThe Origins of Voices: Life History and Voices & Lessons for Recovery
Julian Jaynes’s book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind inspired an emancipatory approach and the emergence …
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