Claim: The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature is a 2002, 509 pages non-fictional  book written by cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker.
Evidence: The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature is a best-selling 2002 book by the cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker, in which the author makes a case against tabula rasa models in the social sciences, arguing that human behavior is substantially shaped by evolutionary psychological adaptations. 509 pp 2002 
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature Steven Pinker 2002 509 pp Steven Arthur Pinker (born September 18, 1954) is a Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and popular science author.