Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
Pinker, Steven
Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature - London Penguin Books 2016 - 531
"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 doctrine that he mind has no innate traits--a doctrine embraced 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."
9780140276053
Nature and Nurture
Developmental Psychology
Characters and Characteristics
155.234 PIN
Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature - London Penguin Books 2016 - 531
"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 doctrine that he mind has no innate traits--a doctrine embraced 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."
9780140276053
Nature and Nurture
Developmental Psychology
Characters and Characteristics
155.234 PIN
