Greek zombies
Philosophical Psychology 19 (2):177-197 (2006)
| Abstract | This paper explores the possibility that the human mind underwent substantial changes in recent history. Assuming that consciousness is a substantial trait of the mind, the paper focuses on the suggestion made by Julian Jaynes that the Mycenean Greeks had a "bicameral" mind instead of a conscious one. The suggestion is commonly dismissed as patently absurd, for instance by critics such as Ned Block. A closer examination of the intuitions involved, considered from different theoretical angles (social constructivism, idealism, eliminativism, realism), reveals that the idea of 'Greek zombies' should be taken more seriously than is commonly assumed | |||||||||
| Keywords | Consciousness Metaphysics Mind Zombie Block, Ned Jaynes, Julian | |||||||||
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