Raymond Tallis on the Human Head and the Self

Join Raymond Tallis, physician, philosopher, poet and novelist, as he takes you on a journey around the part of our anatomy with which we most closely identify: our heads.

With Raymond Tallis, physician, philosopher, poet and novelist

In his path-breaking new book, Kingdom of Infinite Space, one of Britain’s foremost thinkers shows how our sense of identity – and even consciousness itself – does not reside within our heads, but elsewhere.

Join Ray Tallis on a journey around the part of our anatomy with which we most closely identify: our heads. In this highly original inquiry, he takes the head apart, piece by piece, in search of the place where our souls – and our sense of self – reside. Through his descriptions of sleeping and awakening, and the transformation of breath into speech, laughter or a sneeze, Tallis reveals the head as a place of continuous, vital activity entirely beyond our control.

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