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The Matter with Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World is a 2021 book of neuroscience, epistemology and metaphysics written by psychiatrist, thinker and former literary scholar [1] Iain McGilchrist.
Psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist proposes that Jaynes's hypothesis was the opposite of what happened: "I believe he [Jaynes] got one important aspect of the story back to front. His contention that the phenomena he describes came about because of a breakdown of the 'bicameral mind' – so that the two hemispheres, previously separate, now merged ...
McGilchrist, Iain (9 October 2009). The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World. USA: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-14878-7. (Hardcover) McGilchrist, Iain (15 July 2012). The Divided Brain and the Search for Meaning. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-1781815335. (Kindle ebook ...
The 608-page book is about the specialist hemispheric functioning of the brain. The differing world views of the right and left brain (the "Master" and "Emissary" in the title, respectively) have, according to the author, shaped Western culture since the time of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, and the growing conflict between these views has implications for the way the modern world is ...
McGilchrist, Iain (2009). The Master and His Emissary. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-14878-7. Morriss, James E. (1978). "Reflections on Julian Jaynes's The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind: An Essay Review" (PDF). ETC: A Review of General Semantics. 35 (3): 314– 327.
The prominent psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist praised it as “An utterly wonderful book—without question one of the most important books about the brain you will ever read.” [14] Writing in the journal Neuropsychoanalysis, psychology professor Eric Fertuck wrote, “Doidge… has written a book that accurately conveys cutting-edge scientific ...
A YouTuber has responded to criticism over a viral video in which he revealed that he helped 1,000 people get access to sight-restoring cataract surgeries.. MrBeast – who surpassed PewDiePie to ...
YouTube has faced criticism over aspects of its operations, [1] its recommendation algorithms perpetuating videos that promote conspiracy theories and falsehoods, [2] hosting videos ostensibly targeting children but containing violent or sexually suggestive content involving popular characters, [3] videos of minors attracting pedophilic ...