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The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
The Blank Slate The Modern Denial of Human Nature
Author: Steven Pinker
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 dogma that the mind has no innate traits--a doctrine held by many intellectuals du...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780965491730
ISBN-10: 0965491730
Publication Date: 1/1/2002
Pages: 509
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Publisher: Viking
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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It's extremely rare that I pick up a book and don't finish it, but I couldn't get past page 24 on this one. I was expecting something with a scientific basis, but this is primarily philosophical. A strong voice of "how everyone else has this wrong" pervades the work, which makes it is very hard to get involved in. Steve Pinker's works on the development of language are exceptional, which made this book a disappointment.
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