Reflections on the Dawn of Consciousness: Julian Jaynes's Bicameral Mind Theory Revisited
 

Reflections on the Dawn of Consciousness: Julian Jaynes's Bicameral Mind Theory Revisited

Why are gods and idols ubiquitous throughout the ancient world? What is the relationship of consciousness and language? How is it that oracles came to influence entire nations such as Greece? If consciousness arose far back in human evolution, how can it so easily be altered in hypnosis and "possession"? Is modern schizophrenia a vestige of an earlier mentality? These are just some of the... (read more)

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