From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ihuxr!lew
Newsgroups: net.philosophy
Title: Any Julian Jaynes fans on the net?
Article-I.D.: ihuxr.329
Posted: Sun Feb 13 22:54:45 1983
Received: Wed Feb 16 01:40:26 1983
Reply-To: lew@ihuxr.UUCP (Lew Mammel, Jr.)

Anybody read "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the
Bicameral Mind" by Julian Jaynes? It is an exposition of a rather
wild-eyed theory of the nature and origin of consciousness - except
that it makes a hell of a lot of sense. It didn't carry me all the
way, but I really enjoyed the first part of the book, in which the
author sets out to define first what consciousness is NOT.

This is one of the few books I've read on this topic which didn't
make me feel like throwing it down in disgust. I usually have this
reaction because most authors inevitably seem to overlook something
I regard as basic, or make some boneheaded (to me) assertion. I was
quite in sympathy with Jaynes' basic outlook, though. That probably
means I'm as loony as he is.

	Lew Mammel, Jr. ihuxr!lew