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Books by Julian Jaynes mentioned on podcasts

1 book across 7 episodes on 6 podcasts.

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The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind

10 mentions · Dwarkesh Podcast, Stuff You Should Know, Modern Wisdom

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes is a classic 1976 work that posits a provocative hypothesis about the historical development of human consciousness and psychological self-awareness.

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“Julian Jaynes has this famous theory in The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind.”

Dwarkesh Patel Dwarkesh Podcast David Reich – Why the Bronze Age was an inflection point in human evol… 2026-05-08 Listen at 51:48

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