Abstract
The onset of data-driven mental archeology.
Highlights
One of the most provocative is that of Julian Jaynes (1976), who understood the question as pertaining to the cultural evolution of introspection during the first millennium BC, known as Axial Age (Jaspers, 1953)
Jaynes postulated that our current awareness began with memories of commands uttered by clan chiefs, which allowed for sustained work throughout the day even in the chief ’s absence
Humans evolved a bicameral mind in which part of the activity dealt with the present to perform actions, while the other part dealt with past and future to produce auditory hallucinations perceived as external commands
Summary
A quantitative philology of introspection by Diuk, C. Texts spanning several centuries before 1000 BC reflect this divine silence, as the mental separation between gods and people gradually dissolved. The investigation by Diuk et al (2012) represents a pioneering successful attempt to test Jaynes’ theory in a quantitative manner.
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