The Blank Slate: The Denial of Human Nature and Modern Intellectual Life by Steven Pinker

The Blank Slate: The Denial of Human Nature and Modern Intellectual Life

Steven Pinker

509 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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In The Blank Slate, Steven Pinker explores the idea of human nature and its moral, emotional, and political colorings. He shows how many intellectuals have denied the existence of human nature and instead have embraced three dogmas: The Blank Sla...

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