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We are a nonprofit and support the san diego public library system. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 528 pages and is available in paperback format. At an abandoned military base, zen finally finds the truth about his identity. The modern denial of human nature by steven pinker online at alibris. In the blank slate, steven pinker, one of the worlds leading experts on language and the mind, explores the idea of human nature and its moral, emotional, and political colorings. See all books authored by steven pinker, including the language instinct. With characteristic wit, lucidity, and insight, pinker argues that the dogma that the mind has no innate traitsa doctrine held by many intellectuals during the past. The blank slate, the modern denial of human nature by steven. In the blank slate, steven pinker, one of the worlds leading experts on language and the mind, explores the idea of human nature and its moral. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Steven pinker books list of books by author steven pinker. A major theme of the blank slate is that science, by itself, cannot be ethically prescriptive at allit can only be empirically descriptive. Buy a discounted paperback of the blank slate online from australias leading online bookstore. How the mind creates language, and how the mind works, and more on.
Steven pinkers the blank slate exposes the nature nurture debate and examines the very foundation of human identity. The first edition of the novel was published in 2002, and was written by steven pinker. The blank slate by steven pinker books the guardian. From bestselling author stephen pinker, the blank slate the modern denial of human nature shatters the myths surrounding human behaviour and nature versus nurture. In the blank slate, steven pinker, one of the worlds leading experts on language and the mind, explores. The blank slate, the modern denial of human nature by. A bounty hunter becomes obsessed enough to become his new partner, while the daughter of a general treats him like some sort of guru.
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