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- Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:10 pm
- Forum: Information for Students
- Topic: Best Place to Study Jaynes's OC Topics in A Grad Program?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 22095
This is a great (and difficult) question and one that has come up before. I'll get the discussion started but I hope others will join in. Ultimately, everyone is likely to have a different opinion because this is such a subjective issue. First off, I want to state as an aside that I don't know if mo...
- Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:27 pm
- Forum: 1.0. Hypothesis One: Consciousness Based On Language
- Topic: Julian Jaynes's Use of the Word 'Consciousness'
- Replies: 12
- Views: 40731
- Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:12 pm
- Forum: 1.0. Hypothesis One: Consciousness Based On Language
- Topic: Julian Jaynes's Use of the Word 'Consciousness'
- Replies: 12
- Views: 40731
- Mon Jul 02, 2007 12:30 pm
- Forum: Book Discussion: The Origin of Consciousness and Julian Jaynes Society Publications
- Topic: Reflections Ch. 10 - The Meaning of King Tut
- Replies: 4
- Views: 25185
RE: R.A. Schwaller de Lubicz
Thanks Fisherman. Is there one of his books that you recommend as a particularly good introduction to his work, or as most relevant to bicameral theory?
- Fri Jun 22, 2007 1:02 pm
- Forum: 2.5. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: Schizophrenia
- Topic: A Jaynes-Inspired Treatment for Schizophrenia?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 99062
- Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:19 pm
- Forum: Book Discussion: The Origin of Consciousness and Julian Jaynes Society Publications
- Topic: Reflections Ch. 4 - Consciousness, Hallucinations & the Bicameral Mind
- Replies: 2
- Views: 19751
- Fri Jun 01, 2007 5:15 pm
- Forum: Book Discussion: The Origin of Consciousness and Julian Jaynes Society Publications
- Topic: Reflections Ch. 13 - The Shi 'Corpse/Personator' Ceremony in Early China
- Replies: 2
- Views: 19764
I agree. There is so much evidence relevant to the bicameral theory that he raises. Not just the personator ceremony itself and the linguistic evidence of a changing mentality, but the dual burials, burials of the dead with food, two different words for 'dead' (recently dead — i.e. still 'heard' â...
- Sun May 20, 2007 6:27 pm
- Forum: 2.3. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: Hypnosis, Possession & Altered States of Consciousness
- Topic: Can Anyone Be Hyponotized?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 15084
The subject of susceptibility to hypnosis has been studied extensively. I think the general consensus is there is a wide range in hypnotic ability that varies from individual to individual -- from those that can barely obtain a light trance (if any) to those able to experience deep trance (approx. 1...
- Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:14 pm
- Forum: 2.5. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: Schizophrenia
- Topic: A Jaynes-Inspired Treatment for Schizophrenia?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 99062
- Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Aptic Structures: Definition?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 23586
Aptic Structures: Definition?
My understanding is Jaynes uses this term to describe structures in the brain (he says "organizations in the brain" which I take to mean groupings of neurons) that are responsible for certain genetically based instinctual behaviors (for example, mating behavior or a mother caring for her y...
- Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:02 pm
- Forum: Book Discussion: The Origin of Consciousness and Julian Jaynes Society Publications
- Topic: Reflections: Foreword by Dr. Michael A. Persinger
- Replies: 2
- Views: 20061
Yes, Dr. Persinger's work on a feeling of presence in the right hemisphere is highly relevant and his Foreword is a valuable contribution to the book. When you say I think Neuropsychological Basis for God Beliefs would have been a great addition to Reflections I'm not sure what you mean by that -- o...
- Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:04 pm
- Forum: 2.4. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: Religion & the Bicameral Mind
- Topic: Are There Any Christians Here?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 47836
- Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:44 am
- Forum: 2.3. Hypothesis Two: The Bicameral Mind | Subtopic: Hypnosis, Possession & Altered States of Consciousness
- Topic: "Divided Consciousness" by Ernest Hilgard
- Replies: 8
- Views: 35857
This is similar to the developmental vs. historical theory of the origin of religion discussed by David Stove in Reflections on the Dawn of Consciousness . This would be the developmental (transference of the feelings toward the parent in childhood) vs. historical (bicameral mind) need for external ...
- Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:32 pm
- Forum: 1.0. Hypothesis One: Consciousness Based On Language
- Topic: Conscious Rats?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 17404
It's an interesting article, thanks for posting it. Part of the problem is the people doing this type of research into animal cognition are not necessarily doing a lot of reading on consciousness, so right off the bat there is a terminology problem, as the previous poster mentioned. It'd be interest...
- Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:23 am
- Forum: Book Discussion: The Origin of Consciousness and Julian Jaynes Society Publications
- Topic: Reflections Ch. 3 - Verbal Hallucinations & Preconscious Mentality
- Replies: 15
- Views: 61331
I agree that we tend not to realize the extent to which mental processes take place outside of conscious awareness. I think I understand what you mean by your comparison of the subconscious mind with the bicameral mind, in the sense that they both involve information processing outside of conscious ...