Hearing Voices and the Bicameral Mind
Discusses auditory verbal hallucinations (VHs) from the viewpoint of case examples, historical evidence, evidence in children, VHs in a nonverbal …
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JJS Publications
A complete listing of articles published in Julian Jaynes Society books.
Representations As Metaphiers
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 …
Read MoreConsciousness and the Voices of the Mind
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.
Read MoreConsciousness and the Voices of the Mind: McMaster-Bauer Symposium Discussion
Question and answer session with members of the audience following Julian Jaynes’s “Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind” lecture.
Read MoreConsciousness and the Voices of the Mind: McMaster-Bauer Symposium Panel Discussion
Panel discussion following Julian Jaynes’s “Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind” lecture and subsequent lectures by Daniel Dennett, Jonathan …
Read MoreThe Consequences of Consciousness: Emory University Discussion
Discussion of Julian Jaynes’s lecture the “Consequences of Consciousness” at Emory University.
Read MoreConsciousness and the Voices of the Mind: Open Discussion
Open discussion with members of the audience and all of the panelists following Julian Jaynes’s “Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind” lecture and …
Read MoreThe Consequences of Consciousness: Harvard University Discussion
Discussion of Julian Jaynes’s lecture the “Consequences of Consciousness” at Harvard University.
Read MoreConsciousness and the Voices of the Mind: Response to the Discussants
Julian Jaynes’s response to comments on made by Daniel Dennett and others on his “Consciousness and the Voices of the Mind” lecture. …
Read MoreThe Dream of Agamemnon
Any theory of mind, any theory of consciousness, has to also be a theory of dreams. And the theory I am representing very simply says that dreams are …
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