Steven Pinker argues that modernity and its cultural institutions are actually making us better people. He suggests that, contrary to popular belief, humankind has become progressively less violent over millennia and decades.
Steven Pinker argues that modernity and its cultural institutions are actually making us better people. He suggests that, contrary to popular belief, ...
Before Steven Pinker wrote bestsellers on language and human nature, he wrote several technical monographs on language acquisition that have become classics in cognitive science. Learnability and Cognition, first published in 1989, brought together two big topics: how do children learn their mother tongue, and how does the mind represent basic categories of meaning such as space, time, causality, agency, and goals? The stage for this synthesis was set by the fact that when children learn a language, they come to make surprisingly subtle distinctions: pour water into the glass...
Before Steven Pinker wrote bestsellers on language and human nature, he wrote several technical monographs on language acquisition that have become...
What is the secret of good prose? Does writing well even matter in an age of instant communication? Should we care? This book tells about the modern art of writing, and shows us why we all need a sense of style.
What is the secret of good prose? Does writing well even matter in an age of instant communication? Should we care? This book tells about the modern a...
