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The Blank Slate

Steven Pinker

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#1361 of 3,809 books · #121 in Science & Technology

Shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2003) and the Royal Society Science Book Prize (2003).

In The Blank Slate, Steven Pinker explores the idea of human nature and its moral, emotional, and political colorings. 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. Pinker shows the importance of an honest acknowledgment of human nature based on science and common sense.

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Publisher
Viking
ISBN-13
9780641599002
Topics
Human natureNature vs. nurturePsychology and politics

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