In all those respects, the right hemisphere is superior to the left. There is one chapter which i call apprehension rather than comprehension. And then finally, i look at creativity. When we are meeting the world, and i see all our experience as being an encounter between whatever it is that is our consciousness and whatever it is in the world. In that encounter, we do play a creative role.
Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist and author of The Master and His Emissary and The Matter with Things. In the episode we discuss:
- The differences between the left and right brain hemispheres and how they shape your perspective - The 4 pathways to understanding - science, reason, intuition & imagination - How the big problems we face including the assault on Nature, destruction of Culture are all related
We also talk about the significance of morality and the intersection of science and religion.