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Jaynes believes his research will prove helpful in dealing with schizophrenics, “because that’s what schizophrenia is: people hearing voices that tell …

Aristotle defined man as the living being who has “logos.” This definition has become canonical in the statement that man is the “animal rational,” a …

Julian Jaynes, a professor of psychology at Princeton, is responsible for the most intriguing and extensive thesis yet to emerge from brain research…

In January 1977, the psychologist Julian Jaynes, who taught at Princeton University for nearly 25 years, released his seminal book, “The Origin of …

In January of 1977, Julian Jaynes released to the world his book “The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind.” It was the …

This paper will first explore significant parallels between Vico and Jaynes; second, suggest the equivalence of the mind of Vico’s “first men” with Jaynes’ …

Just who is Julian Jaynes, and why is he saying all these radial things about consciousness? He is something of a maverick among academic psychologists. …

When a system for communicating with nonverbal, quadriplegic, institutionalized residents was developed, it was discovered that many were experiencing…

Jaynes maintained that we are still deep in the midst of this transition from bicamerality to consciousness; we are continuing the process of expanding …

The hypothesis: Ancient man was virtually an automaton, who had no concept of self-fulfillment, no sense of sin or the brevity of life, no existential …