PhilosophyEAST explores the philosophy of consciousness. Are there more illuminating ways of envisaging the mind? Can we find meaningful ways of looking at life that aren’t contained within the nihilist, physicalist framework?
PhilosophyEAST explores the philosophy of consciousness. Are there more illuminating ways of envisaging the mind? Can we find meaningful ways of looking at life that aren’t contained within the nihilist, physicalist framework?
In the first interview with Iain McGilchrist, we explore the idea that the mind can only be understood in the broadest possible context -- from our embodied existence, the wider human culture, and how these shape and mould each other. Listen to Iain in conversation with Jnanavaca.
Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist, writer, and literary scholar. McGilchrist came to prominence after the publication of his book The Master and His Emissary, subtitled The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World.