An interview with author Marcel Kuijsten, the Founder of Julian Jaynes Society and Brian McVeigh
Topics:
1) Origins of Consciousness
2) Role of Writing in Civilization
3) Julian Jaynes and his Thought
4) Bicameral Mind
5) Difference between the mind in Iliad and Odyssey
6) Neuroscience evidence for Jaynes theories
7) Research building on Jaynes work
MARCEL KUIJSTEN is Founder and Executive Director of the Julian Jaynes Society, a scholarly society and publisher focused on exploring and promoting the work of Julian Jaynes, one of the most original thinkers of the twentieth century.
He has designed, edited, and published three books: Gods, Voices, and the Bicameral Mind: The Theories of Julian Jaynes, The Julian Jaynes Collection, and Reflections on the Dawn of Consciousness: Julian Jaynes’s Bicameral Mind Theory Revisited.
