Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist, author, thinker, and lecturer. He is maybe best known for his book The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World
Dr. Iain McGilchrist and I discussed a variety of topics relating to the bifurcated brain, how we process reality as human beings, and the downfalls of the views that have sh ... Show More
Sep 21
Why Listening Beats Every Argument
What does a golden rope in a dying man's dream have to do with the person in your life you can no longer reach? In this lecture, Jordan Peterson sets out after three questions that turn out to be the same question, what is a man, what is a woman, and what is the highest thing a p ... Show More
1h 46m
May 2024
#69 Iain McGilchrist - The Mind is More Than a Machine
<p>Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist, writer, and former Oxford literary scholar. McGilchrist came to prominence after the publication of his book <a href="https://amzn.to/44X44XS">The Master and His Emissary</a>, subtitled The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World.< ... Show More
1h 40m
Jun 2025
#103: The Divided Brain, Attention & Meaning - Iain McGilchrist
Dr. Iain McGilchrist, a psychiatrist, philosopher, and author, joins the FitMind Podcast to explain how the brain's two hemispheres shape our perception, attention, and consciousness. He explores how the left brain's dominance in modern culture leads to a fragmented, analytical w ... Show More
1h 48m
Jan 2024
Right Brain, Creativity, and Meaning in Life w/ Iain McGilchrist
This week, Scott is joined by Psychiatrist and Author of "The Matter with Things", Iain McGilchrist, for a wide-ranging conversation spanning the main differences between left brain and right brain functions, the creative brain, intelligence, the source of truth, and the metaphys ... Show More
1h 1m
Apr 2022
The Wisdom Of Intuition - Iain McGilchrist - #455
Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist, author and a former Oxford literary scholar. Modern society praises rationality as the pinnacle destination we should all aim for. Tradition and intuition are seen as a silly, inaccurate, hokey approach for which we have more precise solutions ... Show More
1h 2m