Subjective conscious mind is an analog of what is called the real world.
Julian Jaynes Quotes
1920–1997 United States
Julian Jaynes (27 February 1920 – 21 November 1997) was an American psychologist, best known for his book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976), in which he argued that ancient peoples were not conscious.
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Also known as: Julian Jeynes
42 quotes
Every god is a jealous god after the breakdown of the bicameral mind.
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976)
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976)
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976)
Civilization is the art of living in towns of such size that everyone does not know everyone else.
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976)
The vestiges of the bicameral mind do not exist in any empty psychological space.
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976)
The very reason we need logic at all is because most reasoning is not conscious at all.
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976)
Indeed, it is sometimes almost as if the problem had to be forgotten to be solved.
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976)
Idolatry is still a socially cohesive force - its original function.
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976)
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976)
There is no such thing as a complete consciousness.
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976)
We know too much to command ourselves very far.
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976)
Memory is the medium of the must-have-been.
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976)
In a sense, we have become our own gods.
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976)
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976)
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976)
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976)
We can only know in the nervous system what we have known in behavior first.
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976)
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976)
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind (1976)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Julian Jaynes (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.