Julian Jaynes Society: 6 books

In this issue: "Humility as a Profession: A Memorial to Julian Jaynes" by Brian J. McVeigh, Ph.D. Announcements: Jaynes Session at the Toward a Science of Consciousness Conference; The 2008 Julian Jaynes Conference on Consciousness Book Review: Daniel B Smith's Muses, Madmen, and Prophets:...

In this issue: "New Evidence for Julian Jaynes's Neurological Model: A Research Update" by Marcel Kuijsten (with commentary on Cavanna, Trimble, Federico & Monaco [2007] and Asaad & Shapiro [1987]) Book Review: Consciousness, Self-Consciousness, and the Science of Being Human Abstracts...

Why are gods and idols ubiquitous throughout the ancient world? What is the relationship of consciousness and language? How is it that oracles came to influence entire nations such as Greece? If consciousness arose far back in human evolution, how can it so easily be altered in hypnosis and "possession"?...

Does consciousness inevitably arise in any sufficiently complex brain? Although widely accepted, this view inherited from Darwin's theory of evolution is supported by surprisingly little evidence. Offering an alternate view of the history of the human mind, Julian Jaynes's ideas challenge our preconceptions...

Princeton University psychologist Julian Jaynes's revolutionary theory on the origin of consciousness or the "modern mind" remains as relevant and thought-provoking as when it was first proposed. Supported by recent discoveries in neuroscience, Jaynes's ideas force us to rethink conventional...

In this issue: Editor's Corner Announcements: The 2008 Julian Jaynes Conference on Consciousness; Origins: How We Became Human — An educational board game about the beginnings of humanity Book Review: Reflections on the Dawn of Consciousness Essays: "The Origin of Rhetoric in the Breakdown...