- Raymond Tallis
Raymond Tallis (born
1946 inLiverpool ,England ) is a leading British gerontologist, philosopher, poet, novelist and cultural critic.Tallis is one of five children of Edward Tallis, a small businessman. On leaving public school, he went up to
Oxford University to read for a degree inmedicine , and went on to do post-graduate work atSt Thomas' Hospital in London. He retired in 2006 as Emeritus Professor of GeriatricMedicine at theUniversity of Manchester . [Andrew Brown [http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/politicsphilosophyandsociety/story/0,,1763818,00.html "The ardent atheist",] - interview with Raymond Tallis in "The Guardian ", April 29, 2006. Retrieved on 21 July 2007.]As well as being a leading figure in British medicine, Tallis has also written numerous books on
philosophy and is perhaps best known for his attack onpostmodernism in books such as "Not Saussure", [Raymond Tallis, "Not Saussure: A Critique of Post-Saussurean Literary Theory", Macmillan Press 1988, 2nd ed. 1995.] "Theorrhoea and After" [Raymond Tallis, "Theorrhoea and After", Macmillan, 1998] and for his attack upon the assumptions of muchartificial intelligence research in his book "Why the Mind is Not a Computer: A Pocket Dictionary on Neuromythology". [Raymond Tallis, "Why the Mind is Not a Computer: A Pocket Dictionary on Neuromythology", Imprint Academic, 2004.] He has also published volumes of poetry, plays and novels.The focus of his philosophical writings has been an attempt to supply an anthropology that acknowledges what is distinctive - and remarkable - about human beings. To this end his most recent work has been a trilogy of books entitled "The Hand"; [Raymond Tallis, "The Hand: A philosophical inquiry into human being," Edinburgh University Press, 2003] "I Am: A Philosophical Inquiry into First-Person Being"; [Raymond Tallis, "I Am: A Philosophical Inquiry into First-Person Being", 2004, Edinburgh University Press] and "The Knowing Animal". [Raymond Tallis, "The Knowing Animal: A Philosophical Inquiry into Knowledge and Truth",Edinburgh University Press, 2005.] Raymond Tallis has recently (2007) finished "Unthinkable Thought: The enduring significance of Parmenides". His recent book about the human head, "The Kingdom of Infinite Space: A Fantastical Journey Around Your Head", was published in April 2008. [Catherine O'Brien, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/features/article3611964.ece "Why we kiss, laugh, yawn and cry"] - interview with Raymond Tallis in "The Times", March 25 2008.]
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External links
* [http://copac.ac.uk/wzgw?form=A%2FT&id=6126387&au=Raymond+Tallis&cau=&ti=&pub=&isn=&date=&lang=&fs=Search Copac listing of his published works]
* [http://www.littleatoms.com/raymondtallis.htm Little Atoms Interview - Hunger: The Art of Living]
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