{"id":9684,"date":"2025-10-22T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=9684"},"modified":"2025-05-24T12:34:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T12:34:31","slug":"a-first-look-at-julian-jayness-book-1976-the-origin-of-consciousness-in-the-breakdown-of-the-bicameral-mind-part-9-of-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=9684","title":{"rendered":"A First Look at Julian Jaynes&#8217;s Book (1976) &#8220;The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind&#8221; (Part 9 of 21)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>0345 Explicit abstractions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let me step back and consider how&nbsp;<em>the medieval scholastic interscope for how humans think<\/em>&nbsp;presents&nbsp;<em>explicit abstractions<\/em>&nbsp;<em>within a framework that promotes&#8230; um&#8230; implicit abstraction<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0346&nbsp;<em>The written words<\/em>&nbsp;that go into&nbsp;<em>each slot in the scholastic interscope<\/em>&nbsp;are&nbsp;<em>explicit abstractions<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However,&nbsp;<em>the purely relational structure of the interscope<\/em>&nbsp;characterizes&nbsp;<em>the nature of implicit abstraction<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0347 To start, the medieval scholastics identify three actualities, corresponding to judgment<sub>2c<\/sub>, perception<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;and sensation<sub>2a<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Slide22-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Slide22-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Slide22-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Slide22-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0348 Does explicit abstraction stop with these labels?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No, another layer of explicit abstraction refines these one-word labels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let me start from the top, then (after some discussion) end at the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since judgment<sub>2c<\/sub>&nbsp;is a triadic relation, it<sub>2c<\/sub>&nbsp;can be portrayed as a triadic relation (the three-spoke diagram), a dyadic structure (where the triadic relation is &#8220;reduced&#8221; to secondness), and a monadic structure (an undifferentiated triadic structure appears to be one perspective-level thing).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On one hand, different ways of expressing the same perspective-level actuality<sub>2c<\/sub>&nbsp;may appear confusing.&nbsp;&nbsp;On the other hand, each way reflects&nbsp;<em>the difficulty of capturing this elusive creature<sub>2c<\/sub>,<\/em>&nbsp;which is also&nbsp;<em>the interventional sign-vehicle<\/em>(SV<sub>i<\/sub>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0349 Perception<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;and sensation<sub>2a<\/sub>&nbsp;are dyadic relations, typical for the category of secondness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>An exemplar for the dyadic relation<\/em>&nbsp;is Aristotle&#8217;s hylomorphe,&nbsp;<em>matter [substantiates] form<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Matter&nbsp;<\/em>and&nbsp;<em>form<\/em>&nbsp;are real elements.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>[Substance]&nbsp;<\/em>is the contiguity between these two real elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weirdly,&nbsp;<em>[substance]<\/em>&nbsp;is not a real element, but, the&nbsp;<em>Wernicke&#8217;s area on the right<\/em>&nbsp;does not know that.&nbsp;&nbsp;Consequently, it has no impediment to imagining&nbsp;<em>what a substance must be<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Then, instantly,&nbsp;<em>the Wernicke&#8217;s area on the left<\/em>&nbsp;decodes that&nbsp;<em>what&nbsp;<\/em>into a spoken word&#8230; er&#8230; &#8220;auditory hallucination&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weirdly,&nbsp;<em>the voice in my head<\/em>&nbsp;tells me to avoid&nbsp;<em>substance abuse<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Substance abuse<\/em>&nbsp;wrecks&nbsp;<em>the body<\/em>&nbsp;and compromises&nbsp;<em>the soul<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, does &#8220;substance&#8221; label a chemical compound?&nbsp;&nbsp;Or does the term label the contiguity between body and soul?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0350 The medieval scholastics already rely on the spoken terms, &#8220;body&#8221; and &#8220;soul&#8221;.&nbsp;&nbsp;These are old, holistic words, converted into explicit abstractions.&nbsp;&nbsp;Each spoken label has a distinct meaning, presence and message.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Body&#8221; derives from the Greek word, &#8220;soma&#8221;.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Soma<\/em>&nbsp;represents&nbsp;<em>the parts of the warrior&#8217;s body ready to perform in battle<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;It&#8217;s not enough to be fleet of foot.&nbsp;&nbsp;One must have shield and weapon on arm and in hand.&nbsp;&nbsp;According to Jaynes (page 71),&nbsp;<em>soma<\/em>&nbsp;is used by Homer in the&nbsp;<em>Iliad&nbsp;<\/em>in the plural to refer to a dead corpse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Soul&#8221; derives from the Greek word, &#8220;psyche&#8221;, which refers the life-substances of blood and breath.&nbsp;&nbsp;Other words also apply, &#8220;thumos&#8221; means motion and agitation, particularly related to the chest. &#8220;Phren&#8221; is goes with &#8220;gut reaction&#8221;.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8220;Noos&#8221; relates to vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0351 According to Jaynes,&nbsp;<em>the original Greek words<\/em>&nbsp;explicitly label&nbsp;<em>implicit processes expressed by men in battle and conflict.<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;They do not touch base with&nbsp;<em>introspection<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;They do not label subjectively conscious thoughts and attitudes.&nbsp;&nbsp;Instead, they cohere with&nbsp;<em>the bicameral mind<\/em>&nbsp;as the two-chambered brain organ that pumps&nbsp;<em>interventional sign-vehicles<sub>2c<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;into&nbsp;<em>species impressae<sub>2a<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0352 In contrast,&nbsp;<em>the following figure<\/em>&nbsp;presents&nbsp;<em>explicit abstractions<\/em>&nbsp;that portray&nbsp;<em>what is implicit to the previous figure&#8217;s explicit abstractions<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Slide23-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Slide23-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Slide23-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Slide23-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0353&nbsp;<em>The content-level actuality<sub>2a<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;elucidates&nbsp;<em>what Jaynes refers to as &#8220;the auditory hallucination&#8221; of the bicameral mind<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sensation<sub>2a<\/sub>&nbsp;is a hylomorphe, consisting of two real elements, the active body (which associates to body-oriented Homeric terms about the warrior) and sensate soul (which refers to impressions and feelings that emerge from (and situate) the potential of &#8216;something happening&#8217;).&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>The art of the Iliad<\/em>&nbsp;comes from an epic portrayal of the active bodies of Greek and Trojan warriors, with the expectation that&nbsp;<em>the sensate souls of the audience<\/em>&nbsp;are moved in concert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, the&nbsp;<em>Iliad<\/em>&nbsp;lacks&nbsp;<em>the vocabulary<\/em>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>sensate soul<\/em>. So,&nbsp;<em>the movements of the audience&#8217;s sensate souls<\/em>&nbsp;occurs through&nbsp;<em>implicit abstraction<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;There is nothing explicit about that.&nbsp;&nbsp;When gods and friends appear to the warriors in the&nbsp;<em>Iliad,<\/em>they act like active bodies engaging sensate souls.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is as if each appearance is&#8230; well&#8230; I suppose that the modern label, &#8220;auditory hallucination&#8221; applies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0354 Is there a more clinical way to consider&nbsp;<em>active body [substantiates] sensate soul?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps,&nbsp;<em>the active body<sub>2a<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;touches base with&nbsp;<em>the<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Wernicke&#8217;s region on the right.&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;As such,&nbsp;<em>the active body<sub>2a<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;introduces an SV<sub>i<\/sub>&nbsp;to the interventional sign-interpretant (SI<sub>i<\/sub>).&nbsp;&nbsp;Later,&nbsp;<em>the sensate soul<sub>2a<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;associates to&nbsp;<em>the left Wernicke&#8217;s region&#8217;s decoding the SV<sub>i<\/sub>&nbsp;into its SO<sub>i<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0355&nbsp;<em>The situation-level actuality<sub>2b<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;repeats&nbsp;<em>the terms that constitute the content-level actuality<sub>2a<\/sub><\/em>. But here,&nbsp;<em>different qualifiers<\/em>&nbsp;apply to &#8220;body&#8221; and &#8220;soul&#8221;.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>The perceptive soul [informs] the reactive body<sub>2b<\/sub>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opinion [informs] emotions<sub>2b<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consciousness, that is, introspection, seems to apply, since&nbsp;<em>a perception of the situation<\/em>&nbsp;may be subject to analysis, if one has&nbsp;<em>the vocabulary<\/em>&nbsp;to conduct&nbsp;<em>the analysis<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Spoken terminology that refers to reflective thought&nbsp;<\/em>must be present before&nbsp;<em>the phantasm<sub>2b<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;is subject to&nbsp;<em>introspection<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Jaynes argues that&nbsp;<em>psychological terminology<\/em>&nbsp;does not yet exist during&nbsp;<em>the era of the bicameral mind,<\/em>&nbsp;even in&nbsp;<em>literate early civilizations<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not yet?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is that the same as &#8220;nyet&#8221;?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0356 The following diagram shows&nbsp;<em>how the integration of body and mind<\/em>&nbsp;entangles matter and form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Slide24-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Slide24-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Slide24-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Slide24-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The body<sub>2<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<em>active<sub>a<\/sub>&nbsp;matter<\/em>&nbsp;on the content level and&nbsp;<em>reactive<sub>b<\/sub>&nbsp;form<\/em>&nbsp;on the situation level.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>The active body<\/em>&nbsp;has five senses for the exterior world and many more for the interior.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>The reactive body<\/em>&nbsp;is where emotions change inner physiological dynamics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The soul<sub>2<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<em>sensate<sub>a<\/sub>&nbsp;form<\/em>&nbsp;on the content level and&nbsp;<em>perceptive<sub>b<\/sub>&nbsp;matter<\/em>&nbsp;on the situation level. The sensate soul<sub>2a<\/sub>&nbsp;exhibits qualia and feelings.&nbsp;&nbsp;The perceptive soul<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;emerges from (and situates) the possibility of one&#8217;s imagination<sub>1b<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0357&nbsp;<em>The medieval scholastics<\/em>&nbsp;use&nbsp;<em>Latin<\/em>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>their explicit abstractions<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;To me, their terms retain&nbsp;<em>a holistic flavor<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Peirce&#8217;s postmodern diagrams<\/em>&nbsp;adds&nbsp;<em>a whole new style of holism:<\/em>&nbsp;the purely relational structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0358 Does the Latin term,&nbsp;<em>species impressa<sub>2a<\/sub>,<\/em>&nbsp;capture&nbsp;<em>the content-level hylomorphe<sub>2a<\/sub>,<\/em>&nbsp;where the two real elements are active body and sensate soul?&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Species impressa<sub>2a<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;transliterates into &#8220;a kind of impression&#8221;.&nbsp;&nbsp;Or maybe, &#8220;impression as a kind of actuality&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, does the Latin term,&nbsp;<em>species expressa<sub>2b<\/sub>,<\/em>&nbsp;capture the situation-level hylomorphe<sub>2b<\/sub>, where the two real elements are perceptive soul and reactive body?&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Species expressa<sub>2b<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;transliterates into &#8220;a kind of expression&#8221;.&nbsp;&nbsp;Or perhaps, &#8220;expression as a kind of actuality&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0359&nbsp;<em>The postmodern hylomorphes pictured on the left<\/em>&nbsp;build on&nbsp;<em>the explicit abstractions achieved by premodern Latin-writing medieval scholastics, pictured on the right.<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;However, the expressions on&nbsp;<em>the left look like implicit abstractions<\/em>compared to&nbsp;<em>the expressions on the right<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Each set of technical terms<\/em>&nbsp;comes from&nbsp;<em>its own specialized language<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>0345 Explicit abstractions? Let me step back and consider how&nbsp;the medieval scholastic interscope for how humans think&nbsp;presents&nbsp;explicit abstractions&nbsp;within a framework that promotes&#8230; um&#8230; implicit abstraction. 0346&nbsp;The written words&nbsp;that go into&nbsp;each slot in the scholastic interscope&nbsp;are&nbsp;explicit abstractions. 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