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The Blank Slate - The Modern Denial of Human Nature
by Pinker, Steven
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New in New dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0670031518
- ISBN 13
- 9780670031511
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About This Item
Viking. As New in New dust jacket. 2002. Eighth Printing. Hardcover. 0670031518 . This specific hardback book is in like new condition with a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, and uncreased with a black marker line across the bottom edges of the pages which is the only defect with this book. The dust jacket is in fine condition with little wear if any. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers. ; "n a provocative study of the nature versus nurture debate, one of the world's foremost experts on language and the mind brilliantly explores the modern self-denial of our basic human natures."; 6.5 X 1.75 X 9.5 inches; 509 pages .
Synopsis
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 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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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25555
- Title
- The Blank Slate - The Modern Denial of Human Nature
- Author
- Pinker, Steven
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Edition
- Eighth Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0670031518
- ISBN 13
- 9780670031511
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- 0670031518, Nature versus Nurture, Nature vs. Nuture, Psychology, Denial of Human Nature, Human Nature Denial
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