Raymond Tallis
Biographic Data
| ID | 461656 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Raymond Tallis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Raymond |
| FAMILY NAME | Tallis |
| SIGNATURE | TALLIS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 22 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Freedom. An impossible reality
Richard White, Spiritual Philosophers
The Black Mirror
A physician-philosopher celebrates the mystery and delight of everyday life from an imagined posthumous perspective In this beautifully written personal meditation on life and living, Raymond Tallis reflects on the fundamental fact of existence: that it is finite. Inspired by E. M. Forster’s thought that “Death destroys a man but the idea of it saves him,” Tallis invites readers to look back on their lives from a unique standpoint: one’s own futu…
The Hand
What are the origins of human difference? The Hand , which is the first part of a bold philosophical inquiry into the nature of the difference between human beings and other animals, argues that it is the result of a complex sequence of events which began several million years ago with the evolution of the human hand. Possession of a fully developed hand profoundly transformed the relationship of the human being to its own body, thus altering the…
Human transcendence
The article is concerned with the project of spiritual irredentism; of reclaiming for humanity that which has been donated to God. It takes its rise from the view, particularly associated with Feuerbach and Durkheim, that the object of religious worship is a projection of humanity's intuition of its own transcendence. The broad outlines of the manner in which mankind transcends nature are sketched. The question then remains as to how this is to b…
Black Mirror
Hunger
Understanding hunger is the key to understanding ourselves. While they seem the most obvious things about us, our hungers are also deeply mysterious, arising out of, and casting light on, the unique character of human consciousness. In humans, physiological need is transformed into a multitude of needs that are remote from organic necessity. Even first-level biological hunger is experienced differently in humans; and little in human feeding behav…
In Defence of Wonder and Other Philosophical Reflections
In these lively and provocative essays, philosopher, polymath and all-round intellectual heavyweight, Raymond Tallis debunks commonplace truths, exposes woolly thinking and pulls the rug from beneath a wide range of commentator whether scientist, theologian, philosopher or pundit. Tallis takes to task much of contemporary science and philosophy, arguing that they are guilty of taking us down ever narrowing conduits of problem solving that only in…
Aping Mankind
In a devastating critique Raymond Tallis exposes the exaggerated claims made for the ability of neuroscience and evolutionary theory to explain human consciousness, behaviour, culture and society. While readily acknowledging the astounding progress neuroscience has made in helping us understand how the brain works, Tallis directs his guns at Neuromania the belief that brain activity is not merely a necessary but a sufficient condition for human c…
The Raymond Tallis Reader
The Raymond Tallis Reader provides a comprehensive survey of the work of this passionate, perceptive and often controversial thinker. Key selections from Tallis's major works are supplemented by Micha
Enemies of Hope
Enemies of Hope
Over the last few years, Raymond Tallis has published widely acclaimed critiques of influential trends in contemporary thought: for example, Not Saussure - described as 'one of the most brilliant and
Prologue Isaiah Berlin’s ‘Yes-But to the Enlightenment’
Most historians would concur with Lucien Goldmann’s assertion that ‘Eighteenth-century France is the country of the Enlightenment in its most developed and most thorough form’.1 If this is the case, then it would appear, as Berlin has noted, that opposition to its central ideas ‘is as old as the movement itself’.2 This is less surprising when it is appreciated that many of these ideas grew out of a climate of opinion and from intellectual attitud…
Prologue Isaiah Berlin’s ‘Yes-But to the Enlightenment’
Most historians would concur with Lucien Goldmann's assertion that 'Eighteenth-century France is the country of the Enlightenment in its most developed and most thorough form'.1 If this is the case, then it would appear, as Berlin has noted, that opposition to its central ideas 'is as old as the movement itself'.2 This is less surprising when it is appreciated that many of these ideas grew out of a climate of opinion and from intellectual attitud…
Newton's Sleep
'Vast in its intellectual scope, it should induce not so much sleep as controversy, whether literary or scientific, philosophical or political. It skims the oceans of academe in a manner accessible to
Anti-Science and Organic Daydreams
For many of those who find science distasteful, the question of whether or not it is of net material benefit to mankind is irrelevant. Science is condemned precisely insofar as it is preoccupied with meeting material needs and wants, and (to use Bacon’s terms) its ‘experiments of use’ outnumber its ‘experiments of light’. Worse, the successes of science have encouraged scientists — and many others in the centuries dominated by science-based techn…
Newton's sleep
"The most distinctive activities of humankind and the source of its greatest achievements are the scientific investigation of the world and the creation of art. Newton's Sleep examines their complementary roles in contemporary life and defends both against those who assert that science is spiritually empty and inherently dangerous and that art is trivialised by a lack of social mission."--BOOK JACKET
The Berlin Aging Study
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A Cure for Theorrhea
FROM PRAGUE TO PARIS: A CRITIQUE OF STRUCTURALIST AND POST‐STRUCTURALIST THOUGHT by J. G. Merquior New York: Methuen, 1986. 286 pp., $12.95 (paper
Not Saussure
The realistic novel versus the cinema
Frost
The Raymond Tallis Reader
The Raymond Tallis Reader provides a comprehensive survey of the work of this passionate, perceptive and often controversial thinker. Key selections from Tallis's major works are supplemented by Micha
A Cure for Theorrhea
FROM PRAGUE TO PARIS: A CRITIQUE OF STRUCTURALIST AND POST‐STRUCTURALIST THOUGHT by J. G. Merquior New York: Methuen, 1986. 286 pp., $12.95 (paper
Frost
The realistic novel versus the cinema
Not Saussure
A Cure for Theorrhea
FROM PRAGUE TO PARIS: A CRITIQUE OF STRUCTURALIST AND POST‐STRUCTURALIST THOUGHT by J. G. Merquior New York: Methuen, 1986. 286 pp., $12.95 (paper
Newton's sleep
"The most distinctive activities of humankind and the source of its greatest achievements are the scientific investigation of the world and the creation of art. Newton's Sleep examines their complementary roles in contemporary life and defends both against those who assert that science is spiritually empty and inherently dangerous and that art is trivialised by a lack of social mission."--BOOK JACKET
The Berlin Aging Study
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Newton's Sleep
'Vast in its intellectual scope, it should induce not so much sleep as controversy, whether literary or scientific, philosophical or political. It skims the oceans of academe in a manner accessible to
Anti-Science and Organic Daydreams
For many of those who find science distasteful, the question of whether or not it is of net material benefit to mankind is irrelevant. Science is condemned precisely insofar as it is preoccupied with meeting material needs and wants, and (to use Bacon’s terms) its ‘experiments of use’ outnumber its ‘experiments of light’. Worse, the successes of science have encouraged scientists — and many others in the centuries dominated by science-based techn…
Enemies of Hope
Enemies of Hope
Over the last few years, Raymond Tallis has published widely acclaimed critiques of influential trends in contemporary thought: for example, Not Saussure - described as 'one of the most brilliant and
Prologue Isaiah Berlin’s ‘Yes-But to the Enlightenment’
Most historians would concur with Lucien Goldmann’s assertion that ‘Eighteenth-century France is the country of the Enlightenment in its most developed and most thorough form’.1 If this is the case, then it would appear, as Berlin has noted, that opposition to its central ideas ‘is as old as the movement itself’.2 This is less surprising when it is appreciated that many of these ideas grew out of a climate of opinion and from intellectual attitud…
Prologue Isaiah Berlin’s ‘Yes-But to the Enlightenment’
Most historians would concur with Lucien Goldmann's assertion that 'Eighteenth-century France is the country of the Enlightenment in its most developed and most thorough form'.1 If this is the case, then it would appear, as Berlin has noted, that opposition to its central ideas 'is as old as the movement itself'.2 This is less surprising when it is appreciated that many of these ideas grew out of a climate of opinion and from intellectual attitud…
The Raymond Tallis Reader
The Raymond Tallis Reader provides a comprehensive survey of the work of this passionate, perceptive and often controversial thinker. Key selections from Tallis's major works are supplemented by Micha
Aping Mankind
In a devastating critique Raymond Tallis exposes the exaggerated claims made for the ability of neuroscience and evolutionary theory to explain human consciousness, behaviour, culture and society. While readily acknowledging the astounding progress neuroscience has made in helping us understand how the brain works, Tallis directs his guns at Neuromania the belief that brain activity is not merely a necessary but a sufficient condition for human c…
Hunger
Understanding hunger is the key to understanding ourselves. While they seem the most obvious things about us, our hungers are also deeply mysterious, arising out of, and casting light on, the unique character of human consciousness. In humans, physiological need is transformed into a multitude of needs that are remote from organic necessity. Even first-level biological hunger is experienced differently in humans; and little in human feeding behav…
In Defence of Wonder and Other Philosophical Reflections
In these lively and provocative essays, philosopher, polymath and all-round intellectual heavyweight, Raymond Tallis debunks commonplace truths, exposes woolly thinking and pulls the rug from beneath a wide range of commentator whether scientist, theologian, philosopher or pundit. Tallis takes to task much of contemporary science and philosophy, arguing that they are guilty of taking us down ever narrowing conduits of problem solving that only in…
Black Mirror
The Hand
What are the origins of human difference? The Hand , which is the first part of a bold philosophical inquiry into the nature of the difference between human beings and other animals, argues that it is the result of a complex sequence of events which began several million years ago with the evolution of the human hand. Possession of a fully developed hand profoundly transformed the relationship of the human being to its own body, thus altering the…
Human transcendence
The article is concerned with the project of spiritual irredentism; of reclaiming for humanity that which has been donated to God. It takes its rise from the view, particularly associated with Feuerbach and Durkheim, that the object of religious worship is a projection of humanity's intuition of its own transcendence. The broad outlines of the manner in which mankind transcends nature are sketched. The question then remains as to how this is to b…
The Black Mirror
A physician-philosopher celebrates the mystery and delight of everyday life from an imagined posthumous perspective In this beautifully written personal meditation on life and living, Raymond Tallis reflects on the fundamental fact of existence: that it is finite. Inspired by E. M. Forster’s thought that “Death destroys a man but the idea of it saves him,” Tallis invites readers to look back on their lives from a unique standpoint: one’s own futu…
Freedom. An impossible reality
Richard White, Spiritual Philosophers
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