On the nature of reality | Rowan Williams and Iain McGilchrist
About this episode
Rowan Williams and Iain McGilchrist discuss the nature of meaning and the limitations of a materialist worldview.
Who are we? Why are we here? Does life have a meaning beyond itself? Join former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, and groundbreaking psychiatrist, literary scholar and author of 'The Matter with Things', Iain McGilchrist, to explore the nature of meaning, and why we should move beyond the assumptions of a materialist worldview from radically divergent perspectives. Please feel free to email us at podcast@iai.tv with any of your thoughts or questions on the episode! To witness such debates live buy tickets for our upcoming festival: https://howthelightgetsin.org/festivals/ And visit our website for many more articles, videos, and podcasts like this one: https://iai.tv/ You can find everything we referenced here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimes See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
People in this episode
Guests: Rowan Williams, Iain McGilchrist
Topics covered
- nature of reality
- meaning of life
- materialism
- philosophy
- psychology
- literature
Keywords
- reality
- meaning
- materialism
- philosophy
- Iain McGilchrist
- Rowan Williams
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Organizations: IAI
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