The blank slate : the modern denial of human nature / Steven Pinker.
The blank slate : the modern denial of human nature / Steven Pinker.
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London, England : Penguin : c2003.
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xvi, 509 p. : ill. : 20 cm.
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Pt. I. The Blank Slate, the Noble Savage, and the Ghost in the Machine -- Ch. 1. The Official Theory -- Ch. 2. Silly Putty -- Ch. 3. The Last Wall to Fall -- Ch. 4. Culture Vultures -- Ch. 5. The Slate's Last Stand -- Pt. II. Fear and Loathing -- Ch. 6. Political Scientists -- Ch. 7. The Holy Trinit...
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London, England : Penguin : c2003.
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England
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c2003.
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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 by embracing three linked dogmas: the Blank Slate (the mind has no innate traits), the Noble Savage (people are born good and corrupted by society), and the...
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The blank slate : the modern denial of human nature / Steven Pinker.
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First published: New York : Viking, 2002.
First published in Great Britain by Allen Lane The Penguin Press 2002.
Includes Index.
Bibliography: p. 461-489.
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c2003.
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N155.234/14
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014027605X (pbk.)
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155.234
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991016885949702626
