Aping Mankind: Neuromania, Darwinitis and the Misrepresentation of Humanity

Biologism -- the belief that human beings are essentially animals and can be understood in biological terms -- is gaining increasing acceptance in contemporary thought. This trend is seemingly legitimized by genuine, often spectacular, advances in biological science: in human genetics, evolutionary theory and neuroscience. In a devastating critique Tallis exposes the exaggerated claims made for the ability of neuroscience and evolutionary theory to explain human consciousness, behavior, culture and society and shows that human beings are infinitely more interesting and complex than they appear in the mirror of biologism.