The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

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At the heart of this seminal book is Julian Jaynes's still-controversial thesis that consciousness didn't begin far back in animal evolution but instead is a learned process that came about only 3000 years ago & is still developing. The implications of this revolutionary scientific paradigm extend into virtually all aspects of psychology, history & religion.
Preface
Introduction
The mind of man
The consciousness of consciousness
Consciousness
The mind of Iliad
The bicameral mind
The double brain
The origin of civilization --
The...
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Susan Blackmore Jaynes thinks we only started talking and thinking about consciousness and the problem of consciousness within historical times. (Source)

Adam Robinson [One of five books (this one perhaps most of all) that confirm] there is far, far more in our unconscious mind than is dreamt of in our philosophy. (Source)

Adam Robinson [One of five books (this one perhaps most of all) that confirm] there is far, far more in our unconscious mind than is dreamt of in our philosophy. (Source)

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