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- Mon Mar 05, 2007 12:05 pm
- Forum: 1.0. Hypothesis One: Consciousness Based On Language
- Topic: Evidence of Consciousness in Other Animals
- Replies: 6
- Views: 29751
- Sun Feb 04, 2007 6:17 pm
- Forum: Book Discussion: The Origin of Consciousness and Julian Jaynes Society Publications
- Topic: Reflections Ch. 2 - The Ghost of a Flea: Visions of William Blake
- Replies: 6
- Views: 33397
Re: Are we all "bi-cameral" and conscious at the s
My friends and I have refered to this, in conversation, as "the inspiration of desperation."Helmut wrote: Deadline stress doesn't kill this ability, it rather enhances it, at least in the area of technology.
- Sun Feb 04, 2007 2:31 am
- Forum: 2.0. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind
- Topic: Poetry from Epilepsy Arising from the Right Temporal Lobe
- Replies: 1
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Poetry from Epilepsy Arising from the Right Temporal Lobe
The following anecdote is from Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind , 1998, by V.S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee, p. 7: For example, one patient I saw--a neurologist from New York--suddenly at the age of sixty started experiencing epileptic seizures arising from his ri...
- Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:10 am
- Forum: Julian Jaynes
- Topic: My Letter from Julian Jaynes
- Replies: 4
- Views: 25557
Re: My Letter from Julian Jaynes
It was many years ago, but I do recall I felt that his discussion of Ecclesiastes overlooked the fact that many people feel it was written by Solomon. If you still think that the Solomon authorship P.O.V. is significant you might want to check the wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecc...
- Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:28 pm
- Forum: Book Discussion: The Origin of Consciousness and Julian Jaynes Society Publications
- Topic: Reflections Ch. 3 - Verbal Hallucinations & Preconscious Mentality
- Replies: 15
- Views: 66708
- Mon Jan 29, 2007 4:13 am
- Forum: Book Discussion: The Origin of Consciousness and Julian Jaynes Society Publications
- Topic: Reflections Ch. 3 - Verbal Hallucinations & Preconscious Mentality
- Replies: 15
- Views: 66708
- Sat Jan 27, 2007 8:25 pm
- Forum: Book Discussion: The Origin of Consciousness and Julian Jaynes Society Publications
- Topic: Reflections Ch. 2 - The Ghost of a Flea: Visions of William Blake
- Replies: 6
- Views: 33397
- Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:02 am
- Forum: Book Discussion: The Origin of Consciousness and Julian Jaynes Society Publications
- Topic: Reflections Ch. 2 - The Ghost of a Flea: Visions of William Blake
- Replies: 6
- Views: 33397
- Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:31 pm
- Forum: Book Discussion: The Origin of Consciousness and Julian Jaynes Society Publications
- Topic: Reflections Ch. 2 - The Ghost of a Flea: Visions of William Blake
- Replies: 6
- Views: 33397
- Thu Jan 25, 2007 12:31 am
- Forum: Book Discussion: The Origin of Consciousness and Julian Jaynes Society Publications
- Topic: Reflections Ch. 9 - The Oracles and Their Cessation
- Replies: 7
- Views: 32984
My copy of the book just came in today. :D I've only skimmed it, and mainly have skimmed this chapter. My impression is that this chapter is very uneven in quality. Sometimes Stove makes some perceptive comments, but sometimes he blows his credibility in a big way. About the Stove's perceptive comme...
- Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:22 am
- Forum: 1.0. Hypothesis One: Consciousness Based On Language
- Topic: What "Is" Consciousness?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 35548
In regard to the model of consciousness (see the first link) offered for consideration by diogenes, I see a problem: If it were true that consciousness was a function of each hemisphere of the brain monitoring the other hemisphere through the corpus callosum, it follows that patients who have had th...
- Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:35 pm
- Forum: 2.0. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind
- Topic: Conscious "Gods"?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 38833
Conscious "Gods"?
This is a very speculative line of questioning I'm about to put forward, but I have wondered about it for decades--ever since I first read Jaynes's book. At the beginning of chapter 4 (p.84), Jaynes writes: "...at one time human nature was split in two, an executive part called a god, and a fol...
- Sun Dec 31, 2006 9:25 am
- Forum: 3.0. Hypothesis Three: Dating the Development of Consciousness
- Topic: "The Discovery of the Mind" by Bruno Snell
- Replies: 5
- Views: 31701
"The Shape of Ancient Thought" by Thomas McEvilley
And for anyone interested in the often overlooked connection between ancient Greek religious/philosophical thought and ancient Indian religious/philosophical thought, I recommend The Shape of Ancient Thought: Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian Philosophies , by Thomas McEvilley. (Published in 2...
- Sat Dec 30, 2006 5:08 am
- Forum: 2.1. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: Auditory Hallucinations in Normal Adults
- Topic: Brain Stimulation Creates "Shadow Person"
- Replies: 2
- Views: 20231
- Sat Dec 30, 2006 12:04 am
- Forum: 3.0. Hypothesis Three: Dating the Development of Consciousness
- Topic: "The Discovery of the Mind" by Bruno Snell
- Replies: 5
- Views: 31701
"The Origins of European Thought" by R. B. Onians
Thanks for the recommendations. Long ago I read a few portions of Dodd's book, and I was recently thinking that I should add it to my reading list. Have you read The Origins of European Thought by R. B. Onians? It has been a long time since I have done so, but I recall it as having been a goldmine o...