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Steven Pinker

Steven Arthur "Steve" Pinker is a Canadian-born American cognitive scientist, psychologist, linguist, and popular science author. He is Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University, and is known for his advocacy of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind.

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Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author, an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of the mind

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1954

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The language instinct: the new science of language and mind

by Steven Pinker and Garikoitz Knörr de Santiago
First published in 1994 — 35 editions

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The blank slate: the modern denial of human nature

by Steven Pinker, Victor Bevine, Roc Filella Escolà, and ʻImanuʾel Loṭem
First published in 2002 — 24 editions

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How the Mind Works

by Steven Pinker, Mel Foster, and 3
First published in 1997 — 23 editions

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Words and rules: the ingredients of language

by Steven Pinker and Arthur Morey
First published in 1999 — 14 editions

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Enlightenment Now: The case for reason, science, humanism, and progress

by Steven Pinker and Pablo Hermida Lazcano First published in 2018 — 12 editions

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The stuff of thought: language as window into human nature

by Steven Pinker
First published in 2007 — 12 editions

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What are you optimistic about?

by John Brockman, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Brian Greene, Jared M. Diamond, Steven Pinker, John Horgan, John McCarthy, Sam Harris, Chris Anderson, and 27 others
First published in 2007 — 11 editions

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Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters

by Steven Pinker and Pablo Hermida Lazcano First published in 2021 — 11 editions

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The better angels of our nature: why violence has declined

by Steven Pinker
First published in 2011 — 10 editions

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Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century

by Steven Pinker and José C. Vales
First published in 2014 — 9 editions

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Learnability and cognition: the acquisition of argument structure

by Steven Pinker, Jeffrey S. Rosenschein, Susan Carey, Lila Gleitman, and Elissa L. Newport First published in 1989 — 7 editions
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Language learnability and language development

by Steven Pinker First published in 1984 — 4 editions

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When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows ...: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life

by Steven Pinker First published in 2025 — 4 editions

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Language, Cognition, and Human Nature: Selected Articles

by Steven Pinker First published in 2013 — 3 editions

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The best American science and nature writing 2004

by Steven Pinker First published in 2004 — 3 editions

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Visual Cognition (Bradford Books)

by Steven Pinker First published in 1986 — 2 editions

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Virtuous Violence: Hurting and Killing to Create, Sustain, End, and Honor Social Relationships

by Alan Page Fiske, Tage Shakti Rai, and Steven Pinker First published in 2014 — 2 editions

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Seven Words You Can't Say on Television

by Steven Pinker First published in 2008 — 2 editions

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Secret Life of Verbs: A BIT of Learnability and Cognition, New Edition

by Steven Pinker First published in 2014 — 2 editions

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Do Humankind's Best Days Lie Ahead?: The Munk Debates

by Steven Pinker, Matt Ridley, Alain De Botton, and Malcolm Gladwell
First published in 2016 — 2 editions

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Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author, an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of the mind

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1954

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OLID: OL29930A
BookBrainz: 3fae08dd-dde7-4ab0-9f42-edf4868d83d1
GoodReads: 3915
ISNI: 0000000121468153
IMDb: nm0684348
Library of Congress Names: n82245455
MusicBrainz: d7ad1052-4846-446e-83a9-4a729ba0b0f3
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): MILV074035
VIAF: 108149508
Wikidata: Q212730
Inventaire.io: wd:Q212730

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