136. Maps of Meaning 08: Neuropsychology of S...

Jordan Peterson argues the crisis tearing the Western world apart isn't political or economic — it goes far deeper. When science stripped meaning from the world, it left something worse behind: suffering with no purpose and no story to make sense of it. In this lecture, Jordan ex ...  Show more

What does it mean to actually live your life, not just survive it? In this lecture, Dr. Jordan B. Peterson explores the story of Abraham and what it reveals about identity, sacrifice, and the call to adventure. Why do people with everything still feel empty? Why does comfort, wit ...  Show more

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Sam Harris speaks with Lisa Feldman Barrett about the origins and function of the human brain. They discuss how brains evolved, the myth of the "triune brain," the brain's network organization, the predictive nature of perception and action, the ...

Sam Harris speaks with Barbara Tversky about how our senses of space and motion underlie our capacity for thought. They discuss the evolution of mind prior to language, the importance of imitation and gesture, the sensory and motor homunculi, the information communicated by mo ...

<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Neuroscientist Kate Jeffery discusses how the brain represents the world. This episode is is part of a short series Mind Bites made in association with Nicholas Shea's AHRC-funded Meaning for the