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The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

Paperback • 2003 • English

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

By Steven Pinker

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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 ou...Show more

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9780142003343

Publisher

PENGUIN BOOKS

Published year

2003

Language

English

Original title

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

Format

Paperback

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