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Raymond Tallis (born 1946 in Liverpool, England) British philosopher, humanist, poet, novelist, cultural critic and retired doctor.

Tallis is one of five children of Edward Tallis, a small businessman. On leaving Liverpool College, he went to Oxford University to read for a degree in medicine, and went on to do post-graduate work at St Thomas' Hospital in London. He retired in 2006 as Emeritus Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Manchester.

Tallis has attacked postmodernism in books such as Not Saussure, Theorrhoea and After and the assumptions of much artificial intelligence research in his book Why the Mind is Not a Computer: A Pocket Dictionary on Neuromythology. He has also published volumes of poetry, plays and novels.

His philosophical writings have attempted to supply an anthropology that acknowledges what is distinctive - and remarkable - about human beings. To this end he has written a trilogy of books entitled The Hand; I Am: A Philosophical Inquiry into First-Person Being; and The Knowing Animal.

In 2007, Raymond Tallis finished Unthinkable Thought: The enduring significance of Parmenides.

In April 2008, his book about the human head, The Kingdom of Infinite Space: A Fantastical Journey Around Your Head, was published.

His book Michelangelo's Finger: An Exploration of Everyday Transcendence was published in 2010.

He is on the list of Distinguished Supporters of the British Humanist Association[1].

On 15 September 2010, Tallis, along with 54 other public figures, signed an open letter published in The Guardian, stating their opposition to Pope Benedict XVI's state visit to the UK.
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Total Books: 68
Absence
Absence (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781592641543
ISBN-10: 1592641547
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Aping Mankind Neuromania Darwinitis and the Misrepresentation of Humanity
Aping Mankind
Aping Mankind [Routledge Classics] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781138640320
ISBN-10: 1138640328
Genres: Health, Fitness & Dieting, Science & Math, Medical Books, Politics & Social Sciences
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Between the Zones
Between the Zones (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780906228241
ISBN-10: 0906228247
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The Black Mirror Fragments of an Obituary for Life
The Black Mirror Looking at Life through Death
Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine
Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine [Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine Gerontology] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780443070877
ISBN-10: 0443070873
Genre: Medicine
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A Conversation With Martin Heidegger
A Conversation with Martin Heidegger (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780333949498
ISBN-10: 0333949498
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Dal collo in su  Viaggio intorno alla nostra testa
Dal Collo in Su VIaggio Intorno Alla Nostra Testa [cervello escluso] (Other)
ISBN-13: 9788842087731
ISBN-10: 8842087734
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El reino del espacio infinito/ The Kingdom of Infinite Space Un Viaje Fantastico Alrededor De La Cabeza Humana/ a Fantastical Journey Around Your Head
The Enduring Significance of Parmenides Unthinkable Thought
The Enduring Significance of Parmenides Unthinkable Thought [Continuum Studies in Ancient Philosophy] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780826499523
ISBN-10: 082649952X
Genre: Nonfiction
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Enemies of Hope  A Critique of Contemporary Pessimism
Enemies of Hope a Critique of Contemporary Pessimism (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780312173265
ISBN-10: 0312173261
Genres: Nonfiction, Substores
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Enemies of Hope A Critique of Contemporary Reform
Enemies of Hope a Critique of Contemporary Reform (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780333763186
ISBN-10: 0333763181
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Epilepsy In Elderly People Pocketbook
Epilepsy in Elderly People Pocketbook [Martin Dunitz Medical Pocket Books] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781853172441
ISBN-10: 1853172448
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Epimethean Imaginings Philosophical and Other Meditations on Everyday Light
The Explicit Animal  A Defence of Human Consciousness
The Explicit Animal A Defence of Human Consciousness
The Explicit Animal a Defence of Human Consciousness (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780333546147
ISBN-10: 0333546148
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The Explicit Animal Defence of Human Consciousness
The Explicit Animal Defence of Human Consciousness (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780333763193
ISBN-10: 033376319X
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Fathers and Sons
Fathers and Sons (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780906228449
ISBN-10: 0906228441
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Geriatria  Brocklenhursb4t  2 Tomos
Geriatria Brocklenhursb4t 2 Tomos [Spanish Edition] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9788471014849
ISBN-10: 847101484X
Genre: Nonfiction
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The Hand A Philosophical Inquiry into Human Being
The Hand a Philosophical Inquiry Into Human Being (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780748617371
ISBN-10: 074861737X
Genre: Science & Math
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Hunger [The Art of Living] (Paperback)