Julian Jaynes

Julian Jaynes was an American researcher in psychology at Yale and Princeton for nearly 25 years and best known for his 1976 book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. His career was dedicated to the problem of consciousness, "…the difference between what others see of us and our sense of our inner selves and the deep feelings that sustain it.

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The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

by Julian Jaynes • August 15, 2020 • Politics & Social Sciences

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At the heart of this classic, seminal book is Julian Jaynes's still-controversial thesis that human consciousness did not begin...

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