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

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature

Steven Pinker

560 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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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 afterwordOne o...

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