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100 1 $aPinker, Steven,$d1954-
245 14 $aThe blank slate :$bthe modern denial of human nature /$cSteven Pinker.
260 $aNew York :$bPenguin,$c2002.
300 $axvi, 509 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 461-489) and index.
505 00 $gPart I. The blank slate, the noble savage, and the ghost in the machine --$tOfficial theory --$tSilly putty --$tLast wall to fall --$tCulture vultures --$tSlate's last stand --$gPart II. Fear and loathing --$tPolitical scientists --$tHoly trinity --$gPart III. Human nature with a human face --$tFear of inequality --$tFear of imperfectibility --$tFear of determinism --$tFear of nihilism --$gPart IV. Know thyself --$tIn touch with reality --$tOut of our depths --$tMany roots of our suffering --$tSanctimonious animal --$gPart V. Hot buttons --$tPolitics --$tViolence --$tGender --$tChildren --$tArts --$gPart VI. Voice of the species --$gAppendix:$tDonald E. Brown's list of human universals.
520 1 $a"In The Blank Slate, Steven Pinker explores the idea of human nature and its moral, emotional, and political colorings. He shows how many intellectuals have denied the existence of human nature by embracing three linked dogmas: the Blank Slate (the mind has no innate traits), the Noble Savage (people are born good and corrupted by society), and the Ghost in the Machine (each of us has a soul that makes choices free from biology). Each dogma carries a moral burden, so their defenders have engaged in desperate tactics to discredit the scientists who are now challenging them." "Pinker injects calm and rationality into these debates by showing that equality, progress, responsibility, and purpose have nothing to fear from discoveries about a rich human nature. He disarms even the most menacing threats with clear thinking, common sense, and pertinent facts from science and history. Despite its popularity among intellectuals during much of the twentieth century, he argues, the doctrine of the Blank Slate may have done more harm than good. It denies our common humanity and our individual preferences, replaces hardheaded analyses of social problems with feel-good slogans, and distorts our understanding of government, violence, parenting, and the arts." "Pinker shows that an acknowledgement of human nature that is grounded in science and common sense, far from being dangerous, can complement insights about the human condition made by millennia of artists and philosophers. All this is done in the style that earned his previous books many prizes and worldwide acclaim: wit, lucidity, and insight into matters great and small."--Jacket.
650 0 $aNature and nurture.
650 6 $aHérédité et milieu.
650 7 $aNature and nurture.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01034619
650 17 $aMenselijke natuur.$2gtt
650 17 $aErfelijkheid en omgeving.$2gtt
650 17 $aSociale evolutie.$2gtt
650 17 $aPsychobiologie.$2gtt
650 7 $aÊtre humain.$2rasuqam
650 17 $aInné et acquis.$2rasuqam
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