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The Blank Slate

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
First edition cover
AuthorSteven Pinker
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHuman nature
Publication date
2002
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages509 pp
ISBN0-670-03151-8

The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature is a best-selling 2002 book by the cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker, in which the author makes a case against tabula rasa models in the social sciences, arguing that human behavior is substantially shaped by evolutionary psychological adaptations. The book was nominated for the 2003 Aventis Prizes and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.


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