The blank slate
the modern denial of human nature
by Steven Pinker, Victor Bevine, Roc Filella Escolà, and ʻImanuʾel Loṭem
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In a study of the nature versus nurture debate, one of the world's foremost experts on language and the mind explores the modern self-denial of our basic human natures.
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Developmental psychology, Nature and nurture, Sociology, Nonfiction, History, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Hérédité et milieu, Psychobiologie, Être humain, Inné et acquis, Erfelijkheid en omgeving, Sociale evolutie, Anthropologie philosophique, Menselijke natuur, Denial (Psychology), Behavioral Genetics, Social Behavior, Environment, Human Characteristics, Characters and characteristics, Philosophie de l'homme, Nature, Psychology, Heredity, Genetics, Human beings, Effect of environment on, Denial (Psychology.)People
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The blank slate: the modern denial of human nature
2002, Penguin
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The Blank Slate: the Modern Denial of Human Nature
January 1, 2002, Viking
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The Blank Slate: The Denial of Human Nature.
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Includes bibliographical references (p.461-489) and index.
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In The Blank Slate, Steven Pinker, one of the world's leading experts on language and the mind, explores the idea of human nature and its moral, emotional, and political colorings. With characteristic wit, lucidity, and insight, Pinker argues that the dogma that the mind has no innate traits-a doctrine held by many intellectuals during the past century-denies our common humanity and our individual preferences, replaces objective analyses of social problems with feel-good slogans, and distorts our understanding of politics, violence, parenting, and the arts. Injecting calm and rationality into debates that are notorious for ax-grinding and mud-slinging, Pinker shows the importance of an honest acknowledgment of human nature based on science and common sense.
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