Raymond Tallis

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Raymond Tallis - Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Manchester.

As well as being a leading figure in British gerontology Tallis has also written numerous books on philosophy and is perhaps best known for his attack on postmodernism in books such as Not Saussure and for his attack upon the assumptions of much artificial intelligence research in his book Why the Mind is Not a Computer. However 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 (2003),
• I Am (2004), and
• The Knowing Animal (2005).

He has recently been described as one of the 100 most important intellectuals alive by Prospect magazine.

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• Copac listing of his published works