Tag Archives: Richard Sorabji

Before and After Human Consciousness, or The Voice of God vs. Auditory Hallucinations

Posted on April 30, 2023 by Ron Pavellas

Psychologist Julian Jaynes (1920 – 1997) asserted that humans were not fully conscious until around 4,000 or 3,000 years ago, the time when the two hemispheres of the cerebrum of our brain (left and right, physically connected by the Corpus Callosum) were unified … Continue reading →

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Dark, Thrilling, Light and Complicated

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Ron Pavellas

Summer Reading While walking around Prague during Eva’s and my vacation last month, I couldn’t resist buying an English language book at a Barnes & Noble-type store (in Sweden, like Akademibokhandeln). I cannot account for my reason then to have … Continue reading →

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