Reflections on the dawn of consciousness
Subtitle: Julian Jaynes's bicameral mind theory revisited
By: edited by Marcel Kuijsten.
Contributors: Kuijsten, Marcel.; Julian Jaynes Society.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Julian Jaynes Society
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Henderson, NV
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9780979074400
Subjects: Jaynes, Julian.; Consciousness.; Consciousness -- History.; Psychology.
Other titles: Julian Jaynes's bicameral mind theory revisited
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Julian Jaynes. Julian Jaynes: introducing his life and thought / William R. Woodward & June F. Tower; title: 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; title: 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; title: Part IV. The origin of religion. The oracles and their cessation: a tribute to Julian Jaynes / David C. Stove; title: 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.