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The ""Other"" Psychology of Julian Jaynes : Ancient Languages, Sacred Visions, and Forgotten Mentalities.

In his provocative but critically acclaimed theory about the origin of introspectable mentality, Julian Jaynes argued that until the late second millennium people possessed a different psychology: a ""two-chambered"" (bicameral) neurocultural arrangement in which a commanding &qu...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McVeigh, Brian J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Luton, Bedfordshire : Andrews UK, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Publisher information; Acknowledgments; Notes to the Reader and Abbreviations; Body matter; Introduction: The Need for a Cultural-Historical Psychology; Chapter 1: Julian Jaynes and the Promise of the â#x80;#x9C;Otherâ#x80;#x9D; Psychology; Chapter 2: The Neurocultural Malleability of Psyche; Chapter 3: Bronze Age Super-Religiosity: Linguistic Evidence for Pre-conscious Mentalities; Chapter 4: Ancient China: Social Complexity, Cognitive Adaptation, and Linguistic Change; Chapter 5: The Metaphors of Mind-Words in Modern Mandarin.
  • Chapter 6: Hallucinations as Superceptions: Hearing Voices as Adaptive BehaviorConclusion: Final Thoughts: Psychohistorical Ruptures and Stratigraphic Psychology; Appendix A: Types of Ceptions; Appendix B: Types of Adaptive Mentalities; Appendix C: Statistical Analyses for Chapter 3; Appendix D: Datasets for Chapter 3; Appendix E: Statistical Analyses for Chapter 4 and 5; Appendix F: Datasets for Chapters 4 and 5; Appendix G: Abnormal Hallucinations; Bibliography; Back matter; About the Author; Also available.