Biography:Iain McGilchrist
Iain McGilchrist | |
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 McGilchrist in 2018 | |
| Born | 1953 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Psychiatrist, writer, lecturer |
| Known for | The books The Master and His Emissary and The Matter with Things |
Iain McGilchrist (born 1953)[1] is a psychiatrist, writer, and former Oxford literary scholar.[2] McGilchrist came to prominence after the publication of his book The Master and His Emissary, subtitled The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World.[2]
McGilchrist read English at New College, Oxford and published Against Criticism in 1982.[3] He later trained in medicine and has been a neuroimaging researcher at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and a Consultant Psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital in south London.[3] McGilchrist is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and has been elected a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford three times.[3]
According to his web site, in 2009 at the time The Master and His Emissary was published, McGilchrist worked privately as a consultant psychiatrist in London. He still lives on the Isle of Skye, off the coast of Scotland and continues to write, and to deliver many lectures and interviews.[4]
In 2021 McGilchrist published a new book of neuroscience, epistemology and metaphysics called The Matter with Things.[5][6]
Selected works
- McGilchrist, Iain (24 May 1982). Against Criticism. London, England: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0-571-11922-0. (Hardcover)
- McGilchrist, I.; Cutting, J. (1995). "Somatic delusions in schizophrenia and the affective psychoses". British Journal of Psychiatry (Royal College of Psychiatrists) 167 (3): 350–361. doi:10.1192/bjp.167.3.350. PMID 7496644. http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/167/3/350. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
- McGilchrist, Iain (June 2009). "A Problem of Symmetries". Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology (The Johns Hopkins University Press) 16 (2): 161–169. doi:10.1353/ppp.0.0236. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/philosophy_psychiatry_and_psychology/summary/v016/16.2.mcgilchrist.html. Retrieved 2010-02-06. E-ISSN 1086-3303. Print ISSN 1071-6076.
- McGilchrist, Iain (9 October 2009). The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World. USA: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-14878-7. (Hardcover)
- McGilchrist, Iain (15 July 2012). The Divided Brain and the Search for Meaning. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-1781815335. (Kindle ebook)
- McGilchrist, Iain (27 July 2018). Ways of Attending: How our Divided Brain Constructs the World. Abingdon-on-Thames, England: Routledge. ISBN 978-1781815335. (Paperback)
- McGilchrist, Iain (9 November 2021). The Matter with Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World. UK: Perspectiva Press. ISBN 978-1-914568-06-0. (Hardcover, 2 volumes)
References
- ↑ Staff (2019). "The Divided Brain". Paris Institute of Political Studies. https://www.sciencespo.fr/evenements/?event=the-monkey-the-porcupine-and-the-russian-lieutenant-or-how-not-to-understand-human-cognition.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kingerlee, Roger; Testa, Rita (2011). "Review of The Master and his Emissary". Neuropsychoanalysis (Karnac Books for the International Neuropsychoanalysis Society) 12 (2): 222–226.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Staff (2009). "Scientific and Medical Network Annual Gathering 2009 (pdf)". The Scientific and Medical Network. http://www.scimednet.org/assets/public/pdf-leaflets/09AGM.pdf.
- ↑ McGilchrist, Iain (2009). "About Iain – Iain McGilchrist". http://iainmcgilchrist.com/iain/. From the author's web site 'About' page.
- ↑ Staff (2019). "About Iain – Iain McGilchrist". iainmcgilchrist.com. https://iainmcgilchrist.com/iain/.
- ↑ Staff (2019). "A Day of Consciousness". The Weekend University. https://theweekenduniversity.com/a-day-on-consciousness/.
External links
- McGilchrist's official website
- McGilchrist's profile at All Souls College, University of Oxford
- Channel McGilchrist web site
- The Divided Brain documentary web site
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