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The blank slate 2002 is about the huge role that evolution and genetics play in making us who we are. Orrs conflation of the two underscores why the book had to be written. He shows how many intellectuals have denied the existence of human nature by embracing three linked dogmas. In a work of outstanding clarity and sheer brilliance steven pinker banishes forever. In the blank slate, steven pinker, one of the worlds leading experts on language and the mind, explores the idea of human nature and its moral.
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The modern denial of human nature by steven pinker the blank slate is an ambitious book that goes after the blank slate fallacy that is the idea that the human mind has no inherent structure and can be inscribed at will by society or ourselves. Here, pinker talks about his thesis, and why some people found it. Early on in this monumental apologia for a currently fashionable version of enlightenment thinking, he writes. Steven pinkers book the blank slate argues that all humans are born with some innate traits. Dennett replaces our traditional vision of consciousness with a new model based on a wealth of fact and theory from the latest scientific research. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
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