The blank slate
Subtitle: the modern denial of human nature
By: Steven Pinker
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 509
ISBN-13: 9780142003343
Subjects: Nature and nurture
Description: In a study of the nature versus nurture debate, one of the world's foremost experts on language and the mind explores the modern self-denial of our basic human natures.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 461-489) and index
Table of contents: title: PART I. The blank slate, the noble savage, and the ghost in the machine; title: PART I. The blank slate, the noble savage, and the ghost in the machine; title: PART I. The blank slate, the noble savage, and the ghost in the machine; title: PART I. The blank slate, the noble savage, and the ghost in the machine; title: PART I. The blank slate, the noble savage, and the ghost in the machine; title: PART I. The blank slate, the noble savage, and the ghost in the machine -- PART II. Fear and loathing; title: PART I. The blank slate, the noble savage, and the ghost in the machine -- PART II. Fear and loathing; title: PART I. The blank slate, the noble savage, and the ghost in the machine -- PART II. Fear and loathing -- PART III. Human nature with a human face; title: PART I. The blank slate, the noble savage, and the ghost in the machine -- PART II. Fear and loathing -- PART III. Human nature with a human face; title: PART I. The blank slate, the noble savage, and the ghost in the machine -- PART II. Fear and loathing -- PART III. Human nature with a human face; title: PART I. The blank slate, the noble savage, and the ghost in the machine -- PART II. Fear and loathing -- PART III. Human nature with a human face; title: PART I. The blank slate, the noble savage, and the ghost in the machine -- PART II. Fear and loathing -- PART III. Human nature with a human face -- PART IV. Know thyself; title: PART I. The blank slate, the noble savage, and the ghost in the machine -- PART II. Fear and loathing -- PART III. Human nature with a human face -- PART IV. Know thyself; title: PART I. The blank slate, the noble savage, and the ghost in the machine -- PART II. Fear and loathing -- PART III. Human nature with a human face -- PART IV. Know thyself; title: PART I. The blank slate, the noble savage, and the ghost in the machine -- PART II. Fear and loathing -- PART III. Human nature with a human face -- PART IV. Know thyself; title: PART I. The blank slate, the noble savage, and the ghost in the machine -- PART II. Fear and loathing -- PART III. Human nature with a human face -- PART IV. Know thyself -- PART V. Hot buttons; title: PART I. The blank slate, the noble savage, and the ghost in the machine -- PART II. Fear and loathing -- PART III. Human nature with a human face -- PART IV. Know thyself -- PART V. Hot buttons; title: PART I. The blank slate, the noble savage, and the ghost in the machine -- PART II. Fear and loathing -- PART III. Human nature with a human face -- PART IV. Know thyself -- PART V. Hot buttons; title: PART I. The blank slate, the noble savage, and the ghost in the machine -- PART II. Fear and loathing -- PART III. Human nature with a human face -- PART IV. Know thyself -- PART V. Hot buttons; title: PART I. The blank slate, the noble savage, and the ghost in the machine -- PART II. Fear and loathing -- PART III. Human nature with a human face -- PART IV. Know thyself -- PART V. Hot buttons; title: PART I. The blank slate, the noble savage, and the ghost in the machine -- PART II. Fear and loathing -- PART III. Human nature with a human face -- PART IV. Know thyself -- PART V. Hot buttons -- PART VI. Voice of the species -- Appendix:; title: PART I. The blank slate, the noble savage, and the ghost in the machine-- PART II. Fear and loathing-- PART III. Human nature with a human face-- PART IV. Know thyself-- PART V. Hot buttons-- PART VI. Voice of the species-- Appendix: