In his last outing, How the Mind Works, the author of the well-received The Language Instinct made a case for evolutionary psychology—or the view that human beings have a hard-wired nature that ...
When it comes to writing about writing, cognitive scientist Steven Pinker is a triple threat: a researcher of the mind, an expert on the workings of language, and a wordsmith in his own right. In The ...
LOL and CU L8R – is technology corrupting the English language? With our daily lives bombarded by texts and tweets are etiquette, writing, and grammar going out of style? Noted linguist and ...
Let’s get one thing out of the way. With Enlightenment Now, Steven Pinker has written the best book on progress that is currently in print. Or e-book. Or audiobook. That is no little accomplishment.
Are we headed to hell in a handcart? If paralysis in government and violence at home aren't carrying us in that direction, then climate change and terrorism abroad might. Or so it seems. To the rescue ...
At the beginning of his book, The Language Instinct, Stephen Pinker demonstrates the amazing power of language with an example. He writes, The [language] ability comes so naturally that we are apt to ...
No, Ken Burns, the United States Is Not an Iroquois Nation Audio By Carbonatix Steven Pinker is a brilliant cognitive psychologist based out of Harvard. As a scientist he’s done important research on ...
Readers react to Steven Pinker’s essay on the Trump administration’s conflict with the university and its repercussions. To the Editor: Re “Is America Really Better Off if Harvard Gets Crushed?,” by ...
On the C-SPAN Networks: Steven Pinker is a Professor for Psychology in the Harvard University with 14 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1997 Speech as a Professor for the ...