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<p>In <i>The Hand</i>, the first volume of his trilogy, Raymond Tallis looked at how humans have avoided the constraints of biology. <i>I Am</i> focuses on two crucial aspects of the escape from being a mere organism: selfhood and agency. These originate in what Tallis calls the existential intuition - the sense 'That I am this' - within the human body. The nature and origin of the existential intuition is outlined and related to the certainty of existence that Descartes established through his Cogito argument.</p> <p>The body is the primary reference point for the sense 'That I am this'. Raymond Tallis describes the logical and existential necessity of embodiment and the complex relationships we have to our bodies. Exploring issues such as being, using, having, suffering and knowing. He argues that bodily continuity and psychological connectedness through memory requires the existential intuition to underpin an enduring self. The self-realizing intuition 'that I am this' creates a new point of departure in the physical world. This enables people to originate their acts and establish a vantage point from which they are able to influence the course of events.</p> <p>Full of fascinat

Author

Tallis, Raymond.

Publisher

EDINBURGH UNIV PRESS; Edinburgh University Press

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780748619504

Subjects

Philosophy, Humanities