Aping Mankind: Neuromania, Darwinitis and the Misrepresentation of Humanity

by Tallis; Raymond

• ISBN13: 9781844652723
• ISBN10: 1844652726
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-08-20
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

Tallis argues that the rise of biologism has serious consequences and demonstrates that, by denying human uniqueness and minimizing the differences between humans and their nearest animal kin, it misrepresents what we are, offering a grotesquely simplified and degrading account of humanity. He suggests that seeing ourselves as animals may lead us to find reasons for treating others as less than human.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. xi
Introduction: The Strange Case of Professor Gray and Other Provocations	p. 1
Science and Scientism	p. 15
Consequences	p. 51
Neuromania: A Castle Built on Sand	p. 73
From Darwinism to Darwinitis	p. 147
Bewitched by Language	p. 183
The Sighted Watchmaker	p. 209
Reaffirming our Humanity	p. 243
Defending the Humanities	p. 277
Back to the Drawing Board	p. 337
References	p. 363
Index	p. 379
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