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From: eliz@rochester.UUCP (Elizabeth Hinkelman)
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Subject: info request: Jaynes' "The Origins of Consciousness. . ."
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Date: Fri, 29-Jun-84 10:19:05 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 29 10:19:05 1984
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The book that Alan Algustyniak is interested in is by Julian Jaynes:
"The Origins of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind."
It makes for very interesting reading, but my impression is that most
psychologists are skeptical of it.  This is in part because Jaynes dates
the origins of human consciousness as within the last few millennia (much
later than does generally accepted theory), and partly because, as my 
psycholinguistics prof said, "Isn't Jaynes lucky to be a social psychologist,
who can afford to speculate?" No offense to social psych intended; the 
point is that the work in question is of a speculative nature.  
     Several of us at the U of Rochester are reading "Origins" or will be soon.
I, for one, would be interested in further discussion.

		Elizabeth Hinkelman  (eliz@Rochester)