Talk:bicameralism

The term bicameralism is erroneous and misleading as a “psychological” expression, and the term was never used by Julian Jaynes to describe the ideas expressed in his 1976 book "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind". An "-ism" always suggests a point of view or a set of habits in a political or philosophical system, and this is probably why the Wiki entry for so-called 'psychological' bicameralism has become a platform for debating poorly informed opinions rather than the accuracy of the Wiki text. The correct term and title for this important topic should be "Bicamerality" or simply "Bicameral mind" to correctly use Jaynes's terminology and to convey his hypothesis that a very strange, two-tiered structure or system was fundamental in ancient human mentality. B.Sirota (talk) 15:31, 9 May 2019 (UTC)


 * We go by real-world usage, not by one author's preference. Equinox ◑ 15:35, 9 May 2019 (UTC)

...indeed! Real-world usage should precede a dictionary entry; but what's to be done about usage inspired by a dictionary or "pedia" error?

RFV discussion: May–July 2019

 * See Talk:bicameral.