The ethos at All Souls has changed over time: previously, fellows had freedom to pursue intellectual interests; now there is more emphasis on monitoring what fellows are reading and whether they have published papers, suggesting that credentialism and bureaucratic oversight are gradually replacing the original institutional model.

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Iain McGilchrist

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I think that the the ethos at All Souls is rather changed as everything does and there's more of that you know we must keep an eye on what he's reading and has he published a paper and all that but I was free of that

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Iain McGilchrist, Rupert Sheldrake and Alex Gomez-Marin in conversationDr Iain McGilchrist
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:27:29 PM

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