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Universities and the Future of Civilization: In Conversation with Iain McGilchrist

Ralston College Dr President Stephen Blackwood speaks with newly appointed Chancellor Dr Iain McGilchrist about the fate of the universities and their role in the future of civilization. Reflecting on education, tradition, and the conditions necessary for genuine understanding, Dr McGilchrist shares his hope that we can restore places of truth, beauty, and wisdom despite the pressures of reductionism, instrumentality, and mechanistic thought. The conversation also traces prevailing academic narratives such as reduction and computation, which risk a flattening of human life into utility, data, and procedure. McGilchrist distinguishes information, knowledge, understanding, and wisdom, arguing that wisdom depends on lived experience, sustained attention, and a cultivated disposition toward reality itself. Applications for Ralston College’s MA in the Humanities are now open. Learn more and apply today at www.ralston.ac/apply Authors and Works Mentioned in this Episode: Plato’s Seventh Letter Aristotle’s Politics Johann Sebastian Bach Isaac Newton Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Simon Conway Morris The Matter with Things The Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages - Alain Erlande-Brandenburg Margaret Mead -chapters- 00:00:11 - Introduction 00:03:17 – Greetings 00:05:35 – Universities and the Future of Civilization 00:10:30 – Traditions and New Life 00:16:45 – The Relationship between Effort and Meaning 00:24:00 – The Consequence of Asking the Right Questions 00:29:30 – Intellectual Formation and Human Culture 00:40:01 – The Primacy of Non-instrumental Cognition 00:54:50 – The Enduring Drive toward Meaning and Wisdom 00:59:31 – The Circumstances upon which Cultural Revival Depends 01:04:20 – Q&A: Can We Call Artificial Intelligence Intelligent? 01:08:58 - The Risks of Machine Metaphors 01:13:34 – Making an Impact in the World 01:15:45 – What Is It We Are Failing to See? 01:17:50 – Deciding to Become the Chancellor 01:20:40 – Closing