Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2022-08-11
Books mentioned on 278. The Matter with Things | Iain McGilchrist
The two hemispheres of the human brain are explicitly different and both incredibly complex. Dr.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The master and his emissary
The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist examines the profound division of the human brain hemispheres and how these differences shape human culture, history, and modern thought.
Discussed“um it follows on from the book that you mentioned the master and his emissary but it takes the philosophical implications of the fact that our brains are divided and that each half of the brain produces a different version of the experiential world”
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman is a landmark psychology book that explores the two systems of thought that drive how we make choices, judge situations, and perceive the world around us.
Critiqued“because interestingly in uh thinking fast thinking slow there's a passage where dan kahneman says some things that struck me as very odd”
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Maps of Meaning
“when i wrote maps of meaning my first book i structured it in some ways similarly because the first large chapter is this chapter on neuropsychology and hemispheric function”