Aping Mankind Neuromania, Darwinitis and the Misrepresentation of Humanity

Name: Aping Mankind Neuromania, Darwinitis and the Misrepresentation of Humanity
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ISBN: 9781844652730

ISBN-10: 1844652734

ISBN-13: 9781844652730

Edition: 2011

Authors: Raymond Tallis

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In a devastating critique Raymond Tallis exposes the exaggerated claims made for the ability of neuroscience and evolutionary theory to explain human consciousness, behaviour, culture and society. The belief that human beings can be understood essentially in biological terms is a serious obstacle, argues Tallis, to clear thinking about what human beings are and what they might become. To explain everyday behaviour in Darwinian terms and to identify human consciousness with the activity of the evolved brain denies human uniqueness, and by minimising the differences between us and our nearest animal kin, misrepresents what we are, offering a grotesquely simplified and degrading account of…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 8/11/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English