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The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

168. A Brain Divided | Iain McGilchrist

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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Education, Science, Society & Culture

4.634.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2021

⏱️ 109 minutes

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Summary

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 shaped western culture according to McGilchrist. Find more Iain McGilchrist on his new website channelmcgilchrist.com, and check out his new book “The Master and his Emissary”, and look for Iain's new book The Matter of Things coming in the near future. This episode was recorded on February 15th, 2021.

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Welcome to the JBP Podcast season 4 episode 21 with Ian McGillcrest. I'm

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Michaela Peterson. This episode was recorded on February 15th 2021. If you're not

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familiar with him, Dr. Ian McGillcrest is a psychiatrist, author, intellectual,

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and lecturer. He might be best known for his book The Master and His Emissary,

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The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World. Dr. Ian McGillcrest and

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my dad discussed a variety of topics relating to the bifurcated brain, how we

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process reality as human beings, and the downfalls of the views that have shaped

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