Conscious mind is a spatial analog of the world and mental acts are analogs of bodily acts. Consciousness operates only on objectively… — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
“Logic is the science of the justification of conclusions we have reached by natural reasoning. My point is that, for such natural… — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
“Signal learning (or classical or Pavlovian conditioning) is the simplest example [of learning without consciousness]. If a light signal immediately followed by… — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
Consciousness is a much smaller part of our mental life than we are conscious of, because we cannot be conscious of what… — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
“Indeed I have begun in this fashion, and place great importance on this opening chapter, for unless you are here convinced that… — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
We have said that consciousness is an operation rather than a thing, a repository, or a function. It operates by way of… — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
We invent mind-space inside our own heads as well as the heads of others ... we assume these 'spaces' without question. They… — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
Consciousness is always open to many possibilities because it involves play. It is always an adventure. — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
For if consciousness is based on language, then it follows that it is of much more recent origin than has been heretofore… — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
Our sense of justice depends on our sense of time. Justice is a phenomenon only of consciousness, because time spread out in… — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
Every god is a jealous god after the breakdown of the bicameral mind. — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
Indeed, it is sometimes almost as if the problem had to be forgotten to be solved. — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
We are greatly in need of specific research in this area of schizophrenic experience to help us understand Mesolithic man. — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
Idolatry is still a socially cohesive force - its original function. — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
Conscious mind is a spatial analog of the world and mental acts are analogs of bodily acts. Consciousness operates only on objectively observable things.… — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
Our search for certainty rests in our attempts at understanding the history of all individual selves and all civilizations. Beyond that, there is only… — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
Civilization is the art of living in towns of such size the everyone does not know everyone else. — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
The legend of the parting of the Red Sea probably refers to tidal changes in the Sea of Reeds related to the Thera eruption. — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
“Logic is the science of the justification of conclusions we have reached by natural reasoning. My point is that, for such natural reasoning to… — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
“O, what a world of unseen visions and heard silences, this insubstantial country of the mind! What ineffable essences, these touchless rememberings and unshowable… — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
