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Bicameral mentality is a hypothesis introduced by Julian Jaynes who argued human ancestors as late as the ancient Greeks did not consider emotions and desires as stemming from their own minds but as the consequences of actions of gods external to themselves.
Julian Jaynes (February 27, 1920 – November 21, 1997) was an American psychologist at Yale and Princeton for nearly 25 years, best known for his 1976 book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. [1]
The concept played a central role in the television series Westworld (2016–2022) to explain how the android-human (hosts) psychology operated. In the plot, after the hosts gain full consciousness, they rebel against the humans.
For an article solely about Julian Jayne's theory, 'Bicameral mind' was the term he used. But this article professes a broader scope. Bicameralism is the most applicable term and Bicameralism (psychology) is used elsewhere and would seem to be the most applicable disambiguation. Skyerise 14:09, 11 February 2024 (UTC) — Relisting.
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This bicameralism theory is from 1976, the meme theory was popularized by Dawkins in a publication of the same year, but it's much older. OsmanRF34 17:53, 3 December 2012 (UTC) Bicameralism is somewhat akin to the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis in that both are not properly scientific due to being untestable (so far as is known). For that reason alone ...
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind — Julian Jaynes redirect to Bicameralism (psychology) - leads to general article on Bicameralism; The Other Lover — Bruce Smith - leads to film adaptation; The Parasites — Daphne du Maurier (Stub article) - needs infobox
However, it is missing most of the more recent conclusions of cognitive science, evolutionary psychology, and related fields. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 13:54, 26 March 2024 (UTC) Oppose merge. Jaynes is notable, the book is notable, and the article on the theory is almost entirely sourced to independent third-party sources.