The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
 

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

by Julian Jaynes, Julian Jaynes

At the heart of this classic, seminal book is Julian Jaynes's still-controversial thesis that human consciousness did not begin far back in animal evolution but instead is a learned process that came about only three thousand years ago and is still developing. The implications of this revolutionary scientific paradigm extend into virtually every aspect of our psychology, our history and... (read more)

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Oh my, this is my all-time favorite non-fiction book! I have never found anyone else who even WANTS to read it! So happy to find a group here on Shelfari -- a new group about Jaynes and theories of consciousness and mind! This is the most most MOST fascinating topic there could be! Now if only we could return as a species to a pre-linguistic state so that we could REALLY get to knw our minds without all the FAT WORDS interfering!

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  • FU MANCHU

    fu manchu said:

    The Norman Bates school of Academic Theory. Interesting but risible.

    posted Tuesday, July 15 2008
  • gmatt63

    gmatt63 said:

    This is one book I can say definitely changed my thinking about a lot of things. I look forward to discussing it.

    posted Monday, March 24 2008
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