Research Catalog

Title

Reflections on the dawn of consciousness : Julian Jaynes's bicameral mind theory revisited / edited by Marcel Kuijsten.

Publication

Henderson, NV : Julian Jaynes Society, c2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Jaynes, Julian.
• Kuijsten, Marcel.
• Julian Jaynes Society.

Description

xii, 428 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Alternative Title

Julian Jaynes's bicameral mind theory revisited

Subjects

• Consciousness
• Psychology
• Consciousness > History
• Jaynes, Julian

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part 1. Julian Jaynes. Julian Jaynes: introducing his life and thought / William R. Woodward & June F. Tower -- Part II. Voices of the mind. The ghost of a flea: visions of William Blake / Julian Jaynes; Verbal hallucinations and preconscious mentality / Julian Jaynes; Consciousness, hallucinations, and the bicamerl mind: three decades of new research / Marcel Kuijsten; Auditory hallucinations in nonverbal quadriplegics / John Hamilton -- Part III. Consciousness and the self. Language and consciousness: Jaynes's "preposterous idea" reconsidered / John Limber; The self as interiorized social relations: applying a Jaynesian approach to problems of agency and volition / Brian J. McVeigh; A knowing noos and a slippery psychê: Jaynes's recipe for an unnatural theory of consciousness / Scott Greer -- Part IV. The origin of religion. The oracles and their cessation: a tribute to Julian Jaynes / David C. Stove -- Part V. Ancient civilizations. The meaning of King Tut / Julian Jaynes; Greek zombies: on the alleged absurdity of substantially unconscious Greek minds / Jan Sleutels; Dragons of the Shang dynasty: the hidden faces / Julian Jaynes; The Shi 'corpse/personator' ceremony in early China / Michael Carr.

ISBN

• 0979074401
• 9780979074400

LCCN

• ^^2006936708
• 9780979074400

OCLC

• 137260168
• SCSB-12834428

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library