The blank slate : the modern denial of human nature
Title:
The blank slate : the modern denial of human nature
Author:
Pinker, Steven, 1954-
ISBN:
9780713996722
Publication Information:
London : Allen Lane, 2003.
Physical Description:
xvi, 509 p. : ill. ; 20cm
Abstract:
What is the truth about human nature? Steven Pinker here argues that our usual explanations of human behaviour - stated most clearly in the human sciences of psychology, ethics and politics - tend to deny what is now undeniable: the role of an inherited human nature.
Subject:
| Nature and nurture. |
| Characters and characteristics. |
| Developmental psychology. |
Summary:
What is the truth about human nature? Steven Pinker here argues that our usual explanations of human behaviour - stated most clearly in the human sciences of psychology, ethics and politics - tend to deny what is now undeniable: the role of an inherited human nature.