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Steven Pinker

1954 -

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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  • Cover of: The language instinct: How the Mind Creates Language

    First published in 1994 18 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition languageinstinct0000pink_k1m3 Cover of edition languageinstinct00pink_779 Cover of edition languageinstinct00pink_180 Cover of edition languageinstinct00pink_375
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  • Cover of: How the mind works

    First published in 1997 13 editions in 2 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition howmindworks00stev Cover of edition howmindworks00pink Cover of edition howmindworks00pink_904 Cover of edition jakdzialaumysl00pink
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  • Cover of: What Are You Optimistic About?: Today's Leading Thinkers on Why Things Are Good and Getting Better

    First published in 2007 11 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition whatareyouoptimi0000unse
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  • Cover of: The blank slate: the modern denial of human nature

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  • Cover of: The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature

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  • Cover of: Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century

    First published in 2014 7 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters

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  • Cover of: Words and rules: the ingredients of language

    First published in 1999 5 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition wordsrulesingred0000pink Cover of edition wordsrulesingred00pink_624
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  • Cover of: Enlightenment now: the case for reason, science, humanism, and progress

    First published in 2018 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Better Angels of Our Nature: The Decline of Violence in History and Its Causes

    First published in 2011 4 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Blank Slate: Denying Human Nature in Modern Life

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  • Cover of: Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language

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  • Cover of: Learnability and Cognition: The Acquisition of Argument Structure

    First published in 2013 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The best American science and nature writing 2004

    First published in 2004 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Virtuous Violence: Hurting and Killing to Create, Sustain, End, and Honor Social Relationships

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  • Cover of: Instinto del Lenguaje, El

    First published in 1997 2 editions in 1 language
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Language acquisition, Psycholinguistics, Cognition, Psychology, Language and languages, Human evolution, Linguistics, Natural selection, Neuropsychology, New York Times reviewed, Cognitive neuroscience, Grammar, comparative and general, Nonfiction, Progress, Science, Biolinguistics, Civilization, modern, 21st century, Comparative and general Grammar, Humanism, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES, Language Development, New York Times bestseller, Nonviolence, Philosophy, Quality of life
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
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