Raymond Tallis
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| *[[In Defence of Realism]] (1998) – Raymond Tallis | *[[In Defence of Realism]] (1998) – Raymond Tallis | ||
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| - | In Defence of Realism is a powerful indictment of the fog of bad philosophy and worse linguistics that has shrouded much contemporary literary theory and criticism. Raymond Tallis, one of the most important critics of post-Saussurean literary theory in the English-speaking world, examines the reasons often cited by critics and theorists for believing that realism in fiction is impossible and verisimilitude a mere literary “effect.” He trenchantly shows not only that the arguments of critics hostile to realism are invalid, but that even if they were sound, they would apply equally to anti-realist fiction, indeed to all intelligible discourse. | ||
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| - | “A bracing counterblast to the post-modernizing gibberish of contemporary literary theory.” — The Spectator | ||
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| - | See also: realism in literature | ||
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Raymond Tallis F.Med.Sci., F.R.C.P., F.R.S.A. (born 1946 in Liverpool) is a British philosopher, humanist, poet, novelist, cultural critic and retired medical doctor.
Philosophical works
Tallis has attacked postmodernism in books such as Not Saussure, Theorrhoea and After and the assumptions of much artificial intelligence research in his book Why the Mind is Not a Computer: A Pocket Dictionary on Neuromythology. He has also published volumes of poetry, plays and novels. His philosophical writings have attempted to supply an anthropology that acknowledges what is distinctive - and remarkable - about human beings. To this end he has written a trilogy of books entitled The Hand; I Am: A Philosophical Inquiry into First-Person Being; and The Knowing Animal.
In 2007, Raymond Tallis finished Unthinkable Thought: The enduring significance of Parmenides. In April 2008, his book about the human head, The Kingdom of Infinite Space: A Fantastical Journey Around Your Head, was published. His book Michelangelo's Finger: An Exploration of Everyday Transcendence was published in 2010.
See also
- In Defence of Realism (1998) – Raymond Tallis
