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- Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:54 pm
- Forum: 2.0. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind
- Topic: Conscious Kings?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 25023
Re: Conscious kings?
Just to provide some clarification, I don't think decisions were passed unconsciously between persons. I know that was probably not your intention here but I can see it being misread by others. An individual would hear their own right hemisphere-generated directions for day-to-day decisions, attribu...
- Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:32 pm
- Forum: 2.0. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind
- Topic: Wise Gods?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 27648
Re: Wise gods?
The basic idea here is that the right hemisphere is specialized for seeing the "big picture" while the left is specialized to focus on details. Jaynes talks about things like Kohs's block test but there is a great deal of more evidence to support this idea that has emerged since Jaynes's b...
- Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Member - A Layman!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 26133
Re: New member - a layman!
I definitely was in there...
- Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:17 pm
- Forum: Book Discussion: The Origin of Consciousness and Julian Jaynes Society Publications
- Topic: Reflections Ch. 3 - Verbal Hallucinations & Preconscious Mentality
- Replies: 15
- Views: 60861
Re: Ch. 3 - Verbal Hallucinations and Preconscious Mentality
I don't think Jaynes was a big fan of Jung, particularly the concept of a collective unconscious.
- Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:13 pm
- Forum: 1.0. Hypothesis One: Consciousness Based On Language
- Topic: Are Enslaved People Less Conscious?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 18681
Re: Are enslaved people less conscious?
It's possible that prolonged hopelessness might lead to a diminished consciousness but I certainly don't think it would be inevitable. An example that contradicts the Nazi prison camp example would be the famous author Victor Frankl ("Man's Search for Meaning") who purposely cultivated an ...
- Thu Jul 16, 2009 9:25 pm
- Forum: 3.0. Hypothesis Three: Dating the Development of Consciousness
- Topic: Secrets of the Dead / Sinking of Atlantis
- Replies: 1
- Views: 14379
Re: SECRETS OF THE DEAD/SINKING OF ATLANTIS.
Well, personally I think all the 2012 people are in for a big disappointment... : )
I did like the documentary on The Fall of The Minoans and have it linked on the Self Study Course. I'll have to take a look at the other two!
I did like the documentary on The Fall of The Minoans and have it linked on the Self Study Course. I'll have to take a look at the other two!
- Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:51 pm
- Forum: 2.0. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind
- Topic: Conscious "Gods"?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 35567
Re: Conscious "Gods"?
Here you go:
A New View of Insanity: The Duality of the Mind by Arthur Ladbroke Wigan (1844)
http://books.google.com/books?id=HTvFWW ... gan&pg=PR9
A New View of Insanity: The Duality of the Mind by Arthur Ladbroke Wigan (1844)
http://books.google.com/books?id=HTvFWW ... gan&pg=PR9
- Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:16 pm
- Forum: Book Discussion: The Origin of Consciousness and Julian Jaynes Society Publications
- Topic: Reflections Ch. 9 - The Oracles and Their Cessation
- Replies: 7
- Views: 30627
Re: Ch. 9 - The Oracles and Their Cessation
Hopefully this was meant sardonically as Stove was an atheist and the chapter is about the psychological origin of gods and religion!Perhaps Jaynes and Stove are now sitting in Heaven debating the finer points of "The Origin". Angels waiting on them and all the time in the world.
- Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Impulsive "Decisions"
- Replies: 1
- Views: 13645
Re: Impulsive "Decisions"
I'm not an expert but I think impulsivity, violent behavior, etc. is generally associated with problems in the frontal lobes. This is also where a lot of activity associated with conscious thought and inhibition seems to take place. I recall seeing a documentary describing brain scans of murderers s...
- Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:26 am
- Forum: 3.0. Hypothesis Three: Dating the Development of Consciousness
- Topic: Evidence of suicide?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 18911
Re: Evidence of suicide?
Let's see if someone else comes along with any updated information on the earliest accounts of suicide in antiquity.
- Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:37 pm
- Forum: 2.0. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind
- Topic: Conscious "Gods"?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 35567
Re: Conscious "Gods"?
For a spur of the moment thought it is a very insightful one. You've just stepped into an as yet unresolved (to my mind) philosophical debate that has been simmering (most recently) for at least a couple of decades. Considering how fascinating the idea is, it gets remarkably little attention. To sum...
- Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:52 pm
- Forum: 3.0. Hypothesis Three: Dating the Development of Consciousness
- Topic: Evidence of suicide?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 18911
Re: Evidence of suicide?
Jaynes talks about this on p. 308. I haven't read about this by other authors, however.
It would be interesting to see if someone else has written on the history of suicide or the concept of/occurrence of suicide in ancient civilizations.
It would be interesting to see if someone else has written on the history of suicide or the concept of/occurrence of suicide in ancient civilizations.
- Fri Jun 19, 2009 3:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Member - A Layman!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 26133
Re: New member - a layman!
Welcome aboard rheiman.
We have a number of conferences and lectures at conferences planned for 2010 and 2011 so hopefully we will meet in person at some point.
We have a number of conferences and lectures at conferences planned for 2010 and 2011 so hopefully we will meet in person at some point.
- Fri Jun 19, 2009 3:13 pm
- Forum: Book Discussion: The Origin of Consciousness and Julian Jaynes Society Publications
- Topic: Reflections Ch. 7 - The Self as Interiorized Social Relations
- Replies: 4
- Views: 24161
Re: Ch. 7 - The Self as Interiorized Social Relations
I agree. I know anthropologists in general are highly sensitive to charges of racism. I've heard that just being seen reading a book by early authors such as Lévy-Bruhl could cause one to be viewed as a racist by other anthropology students (or professors) in the highly politically correct period o...
- Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:47 pm
- Forum: 2.6. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: The Mentality of Pre-Literate & Pre-Modern Peoples
- Topic: The Sentinelese: The Last Semi-Bicameral Society?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 51418
Re: The Sentinelese: The Last Semi-Bicameral Society?
This is quite interesting, thank you. I will look up Dr. Abbi's research. This is really one of the last chances we'll have to study a group that is perhaps still much earlier in the transition process.