Book · 2023
The Matter With Things
The Matter With Things by Iain McGilchrist has been mentioned in 3 episodes across 3 podcasts (1 episode recommends it and 2 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Jimmy Carr (1 episode), Iain McGilchrist (1 episode) and John Lennox (1 episode) on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett (1 episode), The Joe Rogan Experience (1 episode) and The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast (1 episode).
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And indeed if i may say so the book that i hope will come out fairly soon called the matter with things which is a pun on several levels because i think it's a critique not only of the way we think now but of our obsession with thinking of the world as composed of things and that only matter.
Iain McGilchrist · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · May 2021 Listen at 20:16 Questions about The Matter With Things by Iain McGilchrist
Who recommends The Matter With Things by Iain McGilchrist on podcasts?
Jimmy Carr (1 episode) has recommended The Matter With Things by Iain McGilchrist on podcasts. In all, 4 people brought it up across 3 podcasts (1 person recommended it).
Which podcasts mention The Matter With Things the most?
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett (1 episode), The Joe Rogan Experience (1 episode) and The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast (1 episode).
Is The Matter With Things recommended, or only discussed?
The Matter With Things by Iain McGilchrist was recommended in 1 episode and discussed without a recommendation in 2 episodes, as of 2026-10-28.
What do people say about The Matter With Things?
Iain McGilchrist on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast (2021-05-13): "And indeed if i may say so the book that i hope will come out fairly soon called the matter with things which is a pun on several levels because i think it's a critique not only of the way we think now but of our obsession with thinking of the world as composed of things and that only matter."
When was The Matter With Things last mentioned on a podcast?
The Matter With Things by Iain McGilchrist was last recommended on The Joe Rogan Experience by Jimmy Carr on 2026-10-28.
What they say about it
- Brain hemispheres and reality“signature of the right hemisphere”2
The best things said about it
One of the people who've influenced my thinking about AI a lot is Dr. Iain McGilchrist, the author of this fascinating book called The Matter with Things.
He wrote another book called The Matter with Things. They're both phenomenal.
The first part of the book I've explained it gives one an insight into a simple fact that in terms of having access to the reality of the world the right hemisphere is better than the left.
Iain McGilchrist The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · May 2021 I take enormous pains in the book it costs me more than anything I've ever written to write the chapter called The Sense of the Sacred in which I try to help people to a place where they can understand why people use this extraordinarily difficult word God.
Iain McGilchrist The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · May 2021 Where and when it comes up
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Why people recommend it
The Matter With Things by Iain McGilchrist is a sweeping philosophical and neurological inquiry into how the two hemispheres of the brain shape human perception, culture, and our modern obsession with material reductionism. The book received significant discussion among prominent podcasters and thinkers exploring cognition and technology. Jimmy Carr recommended the work on The Joe Rogan Experience alongside the author's previous writings, praising both books as phenomenal contributions. John Lennox mentioned the text on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, noting that McGilchrist's insights heavily influenced his own thinking regarding artificial intelligence and how humanity perceives the world. Jordan Peterson and author Iain McGilchrist himself engaged in an extensive conversation on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast where the book was deeply analyzed. During the episode, Peterson noted that he had started reading the manuscript prior to its official release, while McGilchrist detailed the core themes of the volume. The author explained that the title functions as a multi-layered pun critiquing both contemporary modes of thought and society's narrow fixation on a purely material world. He described how the book uses the differing capacities of the brain's hemispheres to examine the portals through which humans gather information, ultimately offering a considered philosophical response to the prevailing worldview of our age.
Every mention
Jimmy Carr And he wrote this book called The Master and Its Chemistry. This fellow, he's old. He's maybe 80. Uh, Maste… 1
“And he wrote this book called The Master and Its Chemistry. This fellow, he's old. He's maybe 80. Uh, Master and Hing Emistry. And he wrote another book called The Matter with Things. Uh, they're both phenomenal.”
Iain McGilchrist and what i do is i look at the ways in which we have any chance of getting an idea of what the world is wha… 1
“and indeed if i may say so the book that i hope will come out fairly soon called the matter with things which is a pun on several levels because i think it's a critique not only of the way we think now but of our obsession with thinking of the world as composed of things and that only matter”
“well it's all part of the world picture which from the philosophical point of view is the purpose of the long book which i sent you in manuscript the the matter with things effectively i can state quite simply that i i want to give a considered um response to the philosophy of our age which is that there is”
“and what i do is i look at the ways in which we have any chance of getting an idea of what the world is what are the portals of entry of if you like information about the world to us and i take it that they they it depends very much on our attention”
“what i can show is that in those attempts to grasp we are we can see the world we can see the signature of the right hemisphere or the signature of the left hemisphere on a particular model”
“the first part of the book i've explained it gives one an insight into a simple fact that in terms of having access to the reality of the world the right hemisphere is better than the left and it has a special take if you like which we can recognize in the second part of the book i'm looking at”
“and then in the part three which is really if you like the reason we've had parts one and two you can't get to part three without them but when you get there we want to know so what is the world like and so i look at the structure of the world”
“and i i take enormous pains in the book it costs me more than anything i've ever written to write the chapter called the sense of the sacred in which i try to help people to a place where they can understand why people use this extraordinarily difficult word god”
John Lennox And one of the people who've influenced my thinking about AI a lot is Dr. Iain McGilchrist, the author of t… 1
“And one of the people who've influenced my thinking about AI a lot is Dr. Iain McGilchrist, the author of this fascinating book called The Matter with Things.”
Jordan Peterson um and he's working on a new book which i have and have started to read a long ways into it at the moment c… 1
“um and he's working on a new book which i have and have started to read a long ways into it at the moment called the matter of things which will be forthcoming at some point in the future and will shape some of our discussion”
Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
“And in the third part of The Matter With Things, can I talk about the structure of The Matter With Things? Yes, absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. So, this was the book that came out in November '21, my latest work, and I'm sure my last long book.”
“yes i i would like to be able to talk to you a bit about my new book uh the matter with things which i think you have had a chance to look at but it's quite long and i know you're a very busy man so it will be good for both of us to be able to just”
“So, it's it's it's on that sort of a scale, I'm afraid, which is why the second book that I've just published, The Matter With Things, is is, as you know, a rather long book.”
“And what I do in in The Matter With Things is to discuss how we can use this information to help us decide what the reality is.”
“And you mentioned the moral law and one of the things I I think is terribly important and towards the end of this latest latest book, The Matter With Things, emphasized is that one way of thinking about what we're getting wrong is that we've completely inverted the pyramid of values.”