ABOUT THE EVENT

In this lecture, acclaimed neuroscientist, philosopher, poet, and cultural critic Dr. Raymond C. Tallis addresses how philosophers since the Enlightenment have undermined and even destroyed a sense of true selfhood for human beings. Lest that seem too dour, he also suggests a path forward for reconstructing a rich sense of selfhood true to human nature.

Elena Holmgren, a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the University of British Columbia, offers a response to Tallis.

ABOUT DR. RAYMOND C. TALLIS

Professor Raymond Tallis is a philosopher, poet, novelist, and cultural critic and was until recently a physician and clinical scientist.

Over the last 20 years Raymond Tallis has published fiction, three volumes of poetry, and 23 books on the philosophy of mind, philosophical anthropology, literary theory, the nature of art and cultural criticism. Together with over two hundred articles in Prospect, Times Literary Supplement and many other outlets, these books offer a critique of current predominant intellectual trends and an alternative understanding of human consciousness, the nature of language and of what it is to be a human being. For this work, Professor Tallis has been awarded three honorary degrees: DLitt (Hon. Causa) from the University of Hull in 1997; LittD (Hon. Causa) at the University of Manchester 2002 and Doc (Med) SC, St George's Hospital 2015. He was Visiting Professor of English at the University of Liverpool until 2013.