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Steven Pinker

Steven Arthur "Steve" Pinker is a Canadian-born American cognitive scientist, psychologist, linguist, and popular science author. He is Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University, and is known for his advocacy of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind.

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Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author, an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of the mind

Born 1954

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  • Cover of: The language instinct: the new science of language and mind
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  • Cover of: Enlightenment Now: The case for reason, science, humanism, and progress

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Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author, an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of the mind

Born 1954

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Language acquisition, Psycholinguistics, Cognition, Psychology, Language and languages, Human evolution, Linguistics, Natural selection, Neuropsychology, New York Times reviewed, Cognitive neuroscience, Comparative and general Grammar, Grammar, comparative and general, Nonfiction, Progress, Science, Biolinguistics, Civilization, modern, 21st century, Humanism, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES, Language Development, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Nature and nurture, New York Times bestseller, Philosophy

People

Aristotle, E. B. White, Henry Fowler, John von Neumann, Noam Chomsky (1928-), Oskar Morgenstern, Thomas Bayes, William Strunk

Time

21st century

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October 24, 2023 Edited by mheiman merge authors
September 13, 2021 Edited by Jenner merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
May 23, 2018 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import