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    The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

     
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    The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

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    A brilliant inquiry into the origins of human nature from the author of The Better Angels of Our Nature and Enlightenment Now.

    "Sweeping, erudite, sharply argued, and fun to read..also highly persuasive." --Time

    Now updated with a new afterword

    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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    EAN/ISBN:
    9780142003343
    Edition:
    Reprint
    Medium:
    Paperback
    Number of pages:
    528
    Publication date:
    2003-08-26
    Publisher:
    Penguin Books
    Languages:
    english
    EAN/ISBN:
    9780142003343
    Edition:
    Reprint
    Medium:
    Paperback
    Number of pages:
    528
    Publication date:
    2003-08-26
    Publisher:
    Penguin Books
    Languages:
    english

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