Books by Raymond Tallis

Raymond Tallis steps into the gap between mind and world to explore what is at stake in our attempts to make sense of our world. He reveals how philosophers, theologians and scientists have sought to demystify our extraordinary sense-making capabilities and how their attempts are of little help in explaining the intelligibility of the world.

Another bumper collection of wit, wisdom and critique from one of our most stimulating thinkers.

Raymond Tallis's The Explicit Animal (1991) was a passionate attack on attempts to explain human consciousness in purely biological terms.

Written with Tallis's customary energy and vigor, these essays endeavour to elaborate a vision of humanity that rejects religious myths while not succumbing to scientism or other forms of naturalism.

Brings together Tallis's most popular essays and journalism from the past decade, revised for publication in book form.

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. This book takes us through the different levels of our hunger.

Explores the astonishing range of activities that go on inside our heads, most of which are entirely beyond our control. Describing about the head and brain, this book demonstrates that not only does consciousness not reside between our ears, but that our heads are infinitely cleverer than we are.

A philosophical examination and celebration of the human hand.

The equation "Mind = Machine" is false. This pocket lexicon of "neuromythology" shows why.

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.