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The Matter With Things - Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World (Hardcover)
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The Matter With Things - Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World (Hardcover)
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In this landmark new book, Iain McGilchrist addresses some of the
oldest and hardest questions humanity faces – ones that, however,
have a practical urgency for all of us today. Who are we? What is
the world? How can we understand consciousness, matter, space and
time? Is the cosmos without purpose or value? Can we really neglect
the sacred and divine? In doing so, he argues that we have become
enslaved to an account of things dominated by the brain’s left
hemisphere, one that blinds us to an awe-inspiring reality that is
all around us, had we but eyes to see it. He suggests that in order
to understand ourselves and the world we need science and
intuition, reason and imagination, not just one or two; that they
are in any case far from being in conflict; and that the brain’s
right hemisphere plays the most important part in each. And he
shows us how to recognise the ‘signature’ of the left
hemisphere in our thinking, so as to avoid making decisions that
bring disaster in their wake. Following the paths of cutting-edge
neurology, philosophy and physics, he reveals how each leads us to
a similar vision of the world, one that is both profound and
beautiful – and happens to be in line with the deepest traditions
of human wisdom. It is a vision that returns the world to life, and
us to a better way of living in it: one we must embrace if we are
to survive.
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