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The Raymond Tallis Reader

R. Tallis
The Raymond Tallis Reader Book PDF

Author : R. Tallis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2000-09-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780230286054

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The Raymond Tallis Reader by R. Tallis Pdf

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 Michael Grant's detailed introduction and linking commentary. From nihilism to Theorrhoea, from literary theory to the role of the unconscious, The Raymond Tallis Reader guides us through the panoptic sweep of Tallis's critical insights and reveals a way of thinking for the twenty-first century.

The Raymond Tallis Reader

Raymond Tallis,Michael Grant
The Raymond Tallis Reader Book PDF

Author : Raymond Tallis,Michael Grant
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0312237685

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The Raymond Tallis Reader by Raymond Tallis,Michael Grant Pdf

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 Michael Grant's detailed introduction and linking commentary. From nihilism to Theorrhoea, from literary theory to the role of the unconscious, The Raymond Tallis Reader guides us through the panoptic sweep of Tallis's critical insights and reveals a way of thinking for the 21st century.

In Defence of Wonder and Other Philosophical Reflections

Raymond Tallis
In Defence of Wonder and Other Philosophical Reflections Book PDF

Author : Raymond Tallis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317547419

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In Defence of Wonder and Other Philosophical Reflections by Raymond Tallis Pdf

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 invite ever more complex responses and in doing so have lost sight of "wonder" - the metaphysical intoxication that first gave birth to philosophy 2,500 years ago. Tallis tackles some meaty topics - memory, time, language, truth, fiction, consciousness - but always with his characteristic verve, insight and wit. These essays showcase Tallis's skill for getting to the heart of the matter and challenging us to see, and wonder, in different ways. Wonder is the proper state of humankind, and as these essays show it has no more forceful a champion than Raymond Tallis.

In Defence of Realism

Raymond Tallis
In Defence of Realism Book PDF

Author : Raymond Tallis
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0803294352

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In Defence of Realism by Raymond Tallis Pdf

In Defence of Realism is a powerful indictment of the fog of bad philosophy and worse linguistics that has shrouded much contemporary literary theory and criticism. Raymond Tallis, one of the most important critics of post-Saussurean literary theory in the English-speaking world, examines the reasons often cited by critics and theorists for believing that realism in fiction is impossible and verisimilitude a mere literary ?effect.? He clearly demonstrates not only that the arguments of critics hostile to realism are invalid, but that even if they were sound, they would apply equally to anti-realist fiction, indeed to all intelligible discourse.

Not Saussure

Raymond Tallis
Not Saussure Book PDF

Author : Raymond Tallis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781349239634

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Not Saussure by Raymond Tallis Pdf

This work subjects the fundamental ideas of Derrida, Lacan, Barthes and their followers to an examination and demonstrates the baselessness of post-Saussurean claims about the relations between language, reality and self.

I Am

Raymond Tallis
I Am Book PDF

Author : Raymond Tallis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119430838

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I Am by Raymond Tallis Pdf

This is the second volume of a three part work which offers a new approach to philosophical questions about selfhood, identity, freedom of the will, agency, knowledge and truth.

The Kingdom of Infinite Space

Raymond Tallis
The Kingdom of Infinite Space Book PDF

Author : Raymond Tallis
Publisher : Atlantic Books Ltd
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-05
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781782395263

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The Kingdom of Infinite Space by Raymond Tallis Pdf

From the act of blushing and the amount of manganese in our tears (tears of pain contain more than tears of distress) to the curiousness of a kiss, The Kingdom of Infinite Space explores the astonishing range of activities that go on inside our heads, most of which are entirely beyond our control. After escorting his readers on a fantastic voyage through every chamber of the head and brain, Raymond Tallis demonstrates that not only does consciousness not reside between our ears, but that our heads are infinitely cleverer than we are.

Aping Mankind

Raymond Tallis
Aping Mankind Book PDF

Author : Raymond Tallis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317234630

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Aping Mankind by Raymond Tallis Pdf

Neuroscience has made astounding progress in the understanding of the brain. What should we make of its claims to go beyond the brain and explain consciousness, behaviour and culture? Where should we draw the line? In this brilliant critique Raymond Tallis dismantles "Neuromania", arising out of the idea that we are reducible to our brains and "Darwinitis" according to which, since the brain is an evolved organ, we are entirely explicable within an evolutionary framework. With precision and acuity he argues that the belief that human beings can be understood in biological terms is a serious obstacle to clear thinking about what we are and what we might become. Neuromania and Darwinitis deny human uniqueness, minimise the differences between us and our nearest animal kin and offer a grotesquely simplified account of humanity. We are, argues Tallis, infinitely more interesting and complex than we appear in the mirror of biology. Combative, fearless and thought-provoking, Aping Mankind is an important book and one that scientists, cultural commentators and policy-makers cannot ignore. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new preface by the Author.

The Black Mirror

Raymond Tallis
The Black Mirror Book PDF

Author : Raymond Tallis
Publisher : Atlantic Books Ltd
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781782397397

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The Black Mirror by Raymond Tallis Pdf

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 future corpse. From this perspective, he shows, the world now vacated can be seen most clearly in all its richness and complexity. Blending lyrical reflection, humour and the occasional philosophical argument, Tallis explores his own post-mortem recollection and invites us to appreciate anew the precariousness and preciousness of life.

Of Time and Lamentation

Raymond Tallis
Of Time and Lamentation Book PDF

Author : Raymond Tallis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-30
Category : Time
ISBN : 178821174X

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Of Time and Lamentation by Raymond Tallis Pdf

Raymond Tallis explores the nature and meaning of time and how best to understand it. A bold, original, and thought-provoking work, Of Time and Lamentation is for anyone who has puzzled over the nature of becoming, wondered whether time is inseparable from change, whether time is punctuate or continuous, or even whether time itself is real.

Enemies of Hope

R. Tallis
Enemies of Hope Book PDF

Author : R. Tallis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781349616084

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Enemies of Hope by R. Tallis Pdf

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 effective of all rebuttals of post-Saussurean theory' - In Defence of Realism and The Explicit Animal, which demonstrated the baselessness of contemporary accounts of consciousness. Enemies of Hope takes the story further, identifying the themes common to anti-humanist twentieth-century thought and challenging the cult of pessimism that pervades our age. Tallis teases out the many strands of the comfortable, self-congratulatory cynicism of modernist and postmodernist cultural critics, exposing their self-contradictions and their wilful blindness to the distinctive mystery of human nature. The 'pathologisers of culture' and 'the marginalisers of consciousness' are shown to be the enemies of hope - the hope of progress based upon the rational, conscious endeavours of humankind. Perceptive, passionate and often controversial, Raymond Tallis's latest debunking of Kulturkritik explores a host of ethical and philosophical issues central to contemporary thought, raising questions we cannot afford to ignore. After reading Enemies of Hope, those minded to misrepresent mankind in ways that are almost routine amongst humanist intellectuals may be inclined to think twice. By clearing away the hysterical anti-humanism of the twentieth century Enemies of Hope frees us to start thinking constructively about the way forward for humanity in the twenty-first.

A Conversation with Martin Heidegger

R. Tallis
A Conversation with Martin Heidegger Book PDF

Author : R. Tallis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780230513938

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A Conversation with Martin Heidegger by R. Tallis Pdf

Martin Heidegger is one of the most important as well as one of the most difficult thinkers of the last century. His masterpiece Being and Time has been described as the most profound turning point in German philosophy since Hegel. Raymond Tallis, who has been arguing with Heidegger for over thirty years, illuminates his fundamental ideas through an imaginary conversation, which is both relaxed and rigorous, witty and profound. The Conversation defines Heidegger's relevance to the philosophical agenda of the present century by illuminating his great contribution to our thinking about what it is to be a human being while identifying the weaknesses in his thought.

Hand

Raymond Tallis
Hand Book PDF

Author : Raymond Tallis
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781474473019

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Hand by Raymond Tallis Pdf

A philosophical examination and celebration of the human hand.

The Hand

Raymond Tallis
The Hand Book PDF

Author : Raymond Tallis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Nature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105026617667

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The Hand by Raymond Tallis Pdf

What are the origins of human difference? As this philosophical exploration shows, the difference between human beings and other animals is the result of a complex sequence of events which began several million years ago with the evolution of the human hand.

The Knowing Animal

Raymond Tallis
The Knowing Animal Book PDF

Author : Raymond Tallis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015060620179

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The Knowing Animal by Raymond Tallis Pdf

Completes a trilogy that aims to revolutionise our understanding of what it is to be a human being without recourse to theology and supernatural explanations on the one hand or scientism and naturalistic explanations on the other.