How To Academy Podcast Philip Pullman Meets Iain McGilchrist - The Meaning of Life
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Dec 6, 2021 
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Two Hemispheres, Two Worldviews
- Ian McGilchrist argues the brain's hemispheric balance shapes our worldview and modern problems.
- He claims the left hemisphere reduces reality to manipulable matter while the right supplies meaning, imagination and moral depth.
Synthesis Of Science And Philosophy
- McGilchrist seeks a synthesis of neurology, philosophy and physics to reveal the nature of reality.
- He argues independent strands converge on a common picture that restores meaning and counters reductionism.
Pullman Finds A Resonant Voice
- Philip Pullman describes finding McGilchrist's book as a revelation that gave voice to felt intuitions.
- He links that intellectual resonance to his lifelong love of poetry and the joyous sense of a living world.