Philosophy For Our Times On the nature of reality | Iain McGilchrist and Rowan Williams
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Jan 23, 2024 
Former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, and groundbreaking psychiatrist, Iain McGilchrist, explore the nature of reality and meaning beyond a materialist worldview. They discuss the complex reality that goes beyond passive understanding, the limitations of online diagnostic tools, the tension between following science and skepticism, the role of imagination in understanding reality, and the significance of mistakes and surprises in mental activity.
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Interconnected Reality
- The world is not passively there but responsive to us, with opposites often coinciding.
- Context matters greatly, and things are interconnected until intellectually divided, then reconnected more complexly.
Matter and Knowledge
- Matter is not just hard lumps but communication, frequency, and energy concentrations.
- Knowledge is attuning to this energy communication, not passively labeling a static world.
Relational Universe
- The universe is made of relationships, with related things emerging secondarily.
- True knowledge comes from entering into a relationship with the known, involving trust.