The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human NaturePenguin, 26 ago 2003 - 560 páginas A brilliant inquiry into the origins of human nature from the author of Rationality, The Better Angels of Our Nature, and Enlightenment Now. "Sweeping, erudite, sharply argued, and fun to read..also highly persuasive." --Time Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize Updated with a new afterword One of the world's leading experts on language and the mind explores the idea of human nature and its moral, emotional, and political colorings. With characteristic wit, lucidity, and insight, Pinker argues that the dogma that the mind has no innate traits-a doctrine held by many intellectuals during the past century-denies our common humanity and our individual preferences, replaces objective analyses of social problems with feel-good slogans, and distorts our understanding of politics, violence, parenting, and the arts. Injecting calm and rationality into debates that are notorious for ax-grinding and mud-slinging, Pinker shows the importance of an honest acknowledgment of human nature based on science and common sense. |
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... called the ' human nature wars ' - somewhere between that old stand- by , ' required reading , and downright indispensable . It is unlikely to change the minds of those who are rigidly committed to the blank slate perspective , but for ...
... called the ' human nature wars ' - somewhere between that old stand- by , ' required reading , and downright indispensable . It is unlikely to change the minds of those who are rigidly committed to the blank slate perspective , but for ...
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... slate with a face- a face that might be called human nature . When Pinker starts describing it , the reader will surely recognize it . " -Bruce Ramsey , The Seattle Times THE BLANK SLATE The Modern Denial of Human Nature Steven.
... slate with a face- a face that might be called human nature . When Pinker starts describing it , the reader will surely recognize it . " -Bruce Ramsey , The Seattle Times THE BLANK SLATE The Modern Denial of Human Nature Steven.
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... called into question by dis- coveries in the sciences of mind , brain , genes , and evolution . If nothing else , the completion of the Human Genome Project , with its promise of an un- precedented understanding of the genetic roots of ...
... called into question by dis- coveries in the sciences of mind , brain , genes , and evolution . If nothing else , the completion of the Human Genome Project , with its promise of an un- precedented understanding of the genetic roots of ...
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... called war ; and such a war as is of every man against every man . . . . In such condition there is no place for industry , because the fruit thereof is uncertain : and consequently no culture of the earth ; no navi- gation , nor use of ...
... called war ; and such a war as is of every man against every man . . . . In such condition there is no place for industry , because the fruit thereof is uncertain : and consequently no culture of the earth ; no navi- gation , nor use of ...
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... called The Social Contract , and in it he calls on people to subordinate their interests to a " general will . " Nonetheless , Hobbes and Rousseau limned contrasting pictures of the state of nature that have inspired thinkers in the ...
... called The Social Contract , and in it he calls on people to subordinate their interests to a " general will . " Nonetheless , Hobbes and Rousseau limned contrasting pictures of the state of nature that have inspired thinkers in the ...
Índice
5 | |
14 | |
30 | |
Culture Vultures | 59 |
The Slates Last Stand | 73 |
Fear and Loathing | 103 |
Political Scientists | 105 |
The Holy Trinity | 121 |
Out of Our Depths | 219 |
The Many Roots of Our Suffering | 241 |
The Sanctimonious Animal | 269 |
Hot Buttons | 281 |
Politics | 283 |
Violence | 306 |
Gender | 337 |
Children | 372 |
Human Nature with a Human Face | 137 |
The Fear of Inequality | 141 |
The Fear of Imperfectibility | 159 |
The Fear of Determinism | 174 |
The Fear of Nihilism | 186 |
Know Thyself | 195 |
In Touch with Reality | 197 |
The Arts | 400 |
The Voice of the Species | 421 |
Donald E Browns List of Human Universals | 435 |
NOTES | 441 |
REFERENCES | 461 |
INDEX | 491 |
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The Blank Slate: The Denial of Human Nature in Modern Intellectual Life Steven Pinker Vista de fragmentos - 2002 |
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