The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
by Julian Jaynes
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“A book that confirms there is far, far more in our unconscious mind than is dreamt of in our philosophy.”
Recommended by 3 notable people, including Naval Ravikant and Sam Altman
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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Consciousness, Books Recommended by Naval Ravikant, and Most Recommended Books.
At the heart of this classic, seminal book is Julian Jaynes's stillcontroversial thesis that human consciousness did not begin far back in animal evolution but instead is a learned process that came about only three thousand years ago and is still developing. The implications of this revolutionary scientific paradigm extend into virtually every as...
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