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Training Conversations
“Every day, in all our conversations, we are constantly training and being trained by each other in this manner, and yet we are never conscious of it” Excerpt From: Jaynes, Julian. “The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind.” Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (hmhbooks.com), 2000-08-15. Apple Books.
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Metaphor terms definition
“There are thus always two terms in a metaphor, the thing to be described, which I shall call the metaphrand, and the thing or relation used to elucidate it, which I shall call the metaphier. A metaphor is always a known metaphier operating on a less known metaphrand” Excerpt From:
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Aptic Structures
Julian Jaynes coined a useful term in 1976 which I wish had gained currency before Jerry Fodor came out with The Modularity of Mind in 1983, because I think it captures all the useful aspects of the notion of "mental modules" without any of the misleading connotations. He
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Metaphor definition
“the use of a term for one thing to describe another because of some kind of similarity between them or between their relations to other things” Excerpt From: Jaynes, Julian. “The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind.” Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (hmhbooks.com), 2000-08-15. Apple Books.
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Reading Faces
The limbic brain does not use language but reads the small muscles around the eyes, the set of shoulders, the breathing, the posture, of other people. In other words, cues that people who have trouble with faces or difficulty making or maintaining eye contact might have trouble reading. The Opposite
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Function of Metaphor
“The grand and vigorous function of metaphor is the generation of new language as it is needed, as human culture becomes more and more complex” Excerpt From: Jaynes, Julian. “The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind.” Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (hmhbooks.com), 2000-08-15. Apple Books.
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Organ of Perception
“language is an organ of perception, not simply a means of communication” Excerpt From: Jaynes, Julian. “The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind.” Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (hmhbooks.com), 2000-08-15. Apple Books.
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Anxious Attachment Style
People with an anxious attachment style actively seek closeness and are afraid of losing it, and have a harder time trusting and knowing their partner will be there for them The Opposite of Rape Culture is Nurturance Culture
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Nurturance
Nurturance, the literature teaches us, recognizes and responds appropriately, in an alive, moving dance, to the other person’s need for intimacy andneed for space, learning how to engage in nonverbal limbic communication that comforts, reassures, and breathes The Opposite of Rape Culture is Nurturance Culture
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Without Reference to Time
“This is language moving out synchronically (or without reference to time) into the space of the world to describe it and perceive it more and more definitively” Excerpt From: Jaynes, Julian. “The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind.” Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (hmhbooks.com), 2000-08-15. Apple Books.
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Theory of Mind
“Whatever conclusions we may hold on the matter, it is certainly a part of our consciousness to ‘see’ into the consciousness of others, to identify with our friends and families so as to imagine what they are thinking and feeling” See, it’s interesting because I’ve already come across