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Aping Mankind - Neuromania, Darwinitis and the misrepresentation of humanity (Paperback)
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Aping Mankind - Neuromania, Darwinitis and the misrepresentation of humanity (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Classics
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Loot Price R597
Discovery Miles 5 970
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Neuroscience has made astounding progress in the understanding of
the brain. What should we make of its claims to go beyond the brain
and explain consciousness, behaviour and culture? Where should we
draw the line? In this brilliant critique Raymond Tallis dismantles
"Neuromania", arising out of the idea that we are reducible to our
brains and "Darwinitis" according to which, since the brain is an
evolved organ, we are entirely explicable within an evolutionary
framework. With precision and acuity he argues that the belief that
human beings can be understood in biological terms is a serious
obstacle to clear thinking about what we are and what we might
become. Neuromania and Darwinitis deny human uniqueness, minimise
the differences between us and our nearest animal kin and offer a
grotesquely simplified account of humanity. We are, argues Tallis,
infinitely more interesting and complex than we appear in the
mirror of biology. Combative, fearless and thought-provoking, Aping
Mankind is an important book and one that scientists, cultural
commentators and policy-makers cannot ignore. This Routledge
Classics edition includes a new preface by the Author.
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