6/20/2023 0 Comments The blank slate book![]() Fodor, The Elm and the Expert (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1994). 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. Minds New Science: A History of the Cognitive Revolution (New York: Basic Books, 1987). ![]() 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. The Blank Slate was an informative, thought-provoking and polemic book designed to refute ordinary conceptions and intellectual arguments which cut against a. 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. also highly persuasive." -Michael Lemonick, TimeĪ brilliant inquiry into the origins of human nature. "Sweeping, erudite, sharply argued, and fun to read. ![]()
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