The Blank Slate
The Modern Denial of Human Nature
Steven Pinker
Explore the idea of human nature with Steven Pinker's The Blank Slate. Pinker delves into the three linked dogmas that have denied the existence of human nature and how they have caused harm to our understanding of individual preferences, social problems, and government. He uses clear thinking, common sense, and pertinent facts from science and history to disarm even the most menacing threats to the existence of human nature. Discover why an acknowledgement of human nature grounded in science and common sense can complement insights about the human condition made by millennia of artists and philosophers.
Publish Date
2003-08-26T00:00:00.000Z
2003-08-26T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 2002
Goodreads Rating
4.09
ISBN
8601200961546
Recommendations
3
Recommendations
2020-01-29T04:00:04.000Z
The best books I read in 2019👇
1. Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins
2. A Billion Wicked Thoughts by Sai Goddam and Ogi Ogas
3. The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray
4. The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker
5. The Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff – source2020-09-02T19:31:50.000Z
IMO, these are the top 5 books to read for surviving 2020 and beyond:
▫️ The Blank Slate – @sapinker
▫️ Kindly Inquisitors – @jon_rauch
▫️ The Righteous Mind – @JonHaidt
▫️ Higher Superstition – Paul Gross & Norman Levitt
▫️ Cynical Theories – @HPluckrose & @ConceptualJames – source