Jaynes’ book . . . on the face of it . . . is preposterous, and I have found that in talking with other philosophers my main task is to convince them to take it seriously when they are very reluctant to do this. – – Daniel Dennett (1986) 1. Introduction This paper … Continue reading “Krishnamurti’s Spiritual Development: A Jaynesian Perspective”
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The Future of Consciousness: Is Krishnamurti its Prophet?
And What Has That to Do With the Restoration of the Ecosystem? Introduction In order to have a good grasp of what is possible in the future we need a good grasp on what has happened so far in the past. And if the aim is the assessment of the possibility that earth’s ecosystem … Continue reading “The Future of Consciousness: Is Krishnamurti its Prophet?”
Philosophy, Religion, Mysticism and Madness
Introduction I am still in the middle of reading Wouter Kusters’ phenomenal Philosophy of Madness: The Experience of Psychotic Thinking. This book is a must read for all interested in philosophy, mysticism and madness, and those who are open to the disturbing closeness, even overlap, of all three, like Kusters’ ideas that: Philosophy is controlled madness; … Continue reading “Philosophy, Religion, Mysticism and Madness”
The Cultural History of Inner Mind Space
Introduction. Following are two sections from the dissertation: “The Possibility Conditions of Narrative Identity“. Though I intended to include much more Jaynesian theory, I think these two sections will be most accessible for Jaynesians. The rest is also pretty compatible with Jaynes. What my dissertation did was to highlight the narrative component of consciousness and … Continue reading “The Cultural History of Inner Mind Space”
The Jaynesian Paradigm and Beyond
. Introduction The Princeton psychologist Julian Jaynes in his 1976 book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind proposed a novel and ingenious theory of consciousness, which is making a come-back in the scientific community. His initial reception was marred by a widespread misunderstanding of his concept of consciousness and the absence of … Continue reading “The Jaynesian Paradigm and Beyond”