Differentiating between the functions of the left and the right hemisphere of our brain. What does each brainside actually do? Chapter two of The Master and his Emissary gives a very extensive description of the differences between the two. One of the first subchapters is about different forms of attention. Which form of attention belongs… Continue reading How we Re-Cognise what we Experience
Month: December 2010
Focus vs Context and Language vs Psyche
A few weeks ago I came across a blogpost about a book called The Master and his Emissary. The writer of that post thought the book was very important, maybe even the book of the century. In that same blogpost was a video with the writer of the book, Iain McGilchrist. I watched that video… Continue reading Focus vs Context and Language vs Psyche
The Physical, Aesthetical and Moral Stage of Development
In letter XXIV of his aesthetic letters, Schiller mentions three stages of development. He says there is a development that each individual, as well as the whole of humanity, has to go through. It is also a development that has to happen in a certain order. Each stage can be longer or shorter with each individual,… Continue reading The Physical, Aesthetical and Moral Stage of Development