Consciousness and the Bicameral Mind - The Julian Jaynes Society Podcast
13. Putting Julian Jaynes’s Theory to the Test
04 Jun 2024
Putting Julian Jaynes’s Theory to the TestJaynes’s Theorizings, Like All Great Systems of Thought, Require Hypotheses-testing and Experimentation to Be SubstantiatedBy Brian J. McVeighProduced by Marcel Kuijsten. Read by Michael R. Jacobs (www.theungoogleable.com, www.youtube.com/@VoidDenizen).It is easy to forget that the Newtonian, Darwinian, and Einsteinian intellectual edifices were built over many years, painstakingly solidified brick by brick through batteries of well-designed experiments and careful analyses. Science is the sturdy house that such patient construction continually erects.Consider the work of Julian Jaynes. Over the years I have heard many dismissively say “it’s an interesting theory but it can’t be proven.” Such remarks demonstrate a misunderstanding of the nature of scientific progress as well as what is needed to come to terms with Jaynesian theorizing. The contributions of Jaynes constitute an entire paradigm that reaches far beyond psychology. It is a constellation of bold, innovative ideas with far-ranging implications and great breadth that sheds new light on neurology, history, religious studies, psychotherapeutics, archaeology, linguistics, philosophy, literature, and other arts. So what is needed, then, is a breaking down of Jaynes’s core theories into numerous propositions, postulations, and hypotheses appropriate to different disciplines and fields of expertise. That way his claims can be systematically tested. That is a tall order and demands the contributions of a legion of specialists.Read the complete text from this episode:https://www.julianjaynes.org/blog/julian-jaynes-theory/putting-julian-jaynes-theory-to-the-test/Learn more about Julian Jaynes's theory or become a member by visiting the Julian Jaynes Society at www.julianjaynes.org.
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