‘Church Going’ by Philip Larkin
Larkin offers us a serious reflection on a serious matter, but does so almost flippantly. Oddly, by emphasising distance, he comes all the closer to h…
Category: Writing
Artificial Intelligence World Summit Amsterdam October 2022 – transcript of Iain’s keynote speech
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On Blindness and Vision
This excerpt of Iain's writing expresses his thoughts about blindness and vision which were not included in the final edit of 'The Master and His Emis…
Asymmetrical reflections on the nature of awe
A public lecture on Awe and Wonder delivered by Iain McGilchrist at Oriel College, Oxford University on 13th June 2022.
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In Which Way Does Science Need To Change?
Science needs to be more scientific! That is to say, less dogmatic, more open in what it considers worth investigating. This goes hand in hand with th…
Depression is not like anything on earth
Depression is not like anything on earth. It is not the same as being sad, even the saddest you have ever been, though it often begins with a feeling…
Longing and wanting
There is a myth put about by science that it progresses by an impulsion of events according to the scientific method in which one certainty after anot…
Are Our Minds Sufficiently Warped?
For about 10 years I have been researching and writing a book, The Matter with Things, on how we have come to misunderstand the world so badly and so …
An Evolutionary Account Of Brain Laterality
I want to suggest that we can make sense in evolutionary terms of a number of hitherto largely unexplained phenomena: the fact that brains – and not…