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Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters by Steven Pinker
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In the twenty-first century, humanity is reaching new heights of scientific understanding - and at the same time appears to be losing its mind. How can a species that discovered vaccines for Covid-19 in less than a year produce so much fake news, quack cures and conspiracy theorizing?In Rationality, Pin ...Show more
The Better Angels of Our Nature: The Decline of Violence In History And Its Causes by Steven Pinker
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Category: Science
"If I could give each of you a graduation present, it would be this--the most inspiring book I've ever read."--Bill Gates (May, 2017) A provocative history of violence--from the New York Times bestselling author of The Stuff of Thought, The Blank Slate, and Enlightenment Now. Believe it or not, tod ...Show more
The Blank Slate - The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker
$27.99 AUD
Category: Psychology | Series: Penguin Press Science Ser.
In the past century many people have assumed that we are shaped by our environment: a blank slate waiting to be inscribed by our upbringing and culture, with innate abilities playing little part. Steven Pinker's profound and essential book shows that this view denies the heart of our being: human nature ...Show more
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language by Steven Pinker
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science
How do babies learn to speak? Why are there so many languages? Do we think in our mother tongue? Who decides what's correct English? How did language evolve? In this landmark book, Pinker explains the mysteries of language within a coherent theory- that language is an adaptation for communication.'Dazzl ...Show more
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