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Rationality - Full Reviews

Rationality - Full Reviews Psychology Today: Steven Pinker Thinks Rationality Is Unnatural, But... Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics: Book review of “Rationality: What it is, why it seems scarce, why it matters” Symposium: Enlightenment 2.0 - A Review of “Rationality,” by Steven...

Review Excerpts for The Blank Slate

[A] lucid view of what makes humans human. ... A rich, sophisticated argument that may leave pious souls a little uneasy. — Kirkus Reviews, August 1, 2002 Pinker is a fluent writer, superb at explaining difficult ideas for general readers. He keeps his writing alive with humour, stories, cartoons...

Reviews and Feature Articles

REVIEWS Psychological Science The Atlantic Times Literary Supplement The Sunday Times The Millions Toronto Star New Statesman National Post The Weekly Standard The Washington Post The Chronicle of Higher Education - Lingua Franca The New York Times Brain Pickings Mother Jones Time The Chicago Manual...

Review Excerpts for The Better Angels of Our Nature

"A subtle piece of natural philosophy to rival that of the great thinkers of the Enlightenment...He writes like an angel too." —The Economist, Dec. 10, 2011 "The Better Angels of Our Nature is a supremely important book. To have command of so much research, spread across so many different fields, is...

PSY 1 | Introduction to Psychological Science | Lectures

Course Trailer Lecture 01: Introduction Lecture 02: Psychoanalysis & Behaviorism Lecture 03: The Multilevel Cognitive-Biological Approach Lecture 04: Evolution Lecture 05: Nature and Nurture Lecture 06: The Brain Lecture 07: Neuron and Networks Lecture 08: 3D Structure from 2D Lecture 09: Visual and...

Reviews for When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...:

REVIEWS Financial Times: When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows — Steven Pinker on what drives mobs, manias and crypto booms The Economist: What naked emperors and Super Bowl ads have in common The Times: Steven Pinker: I’m pinned between cancel culture and Trump The Washington Examiner: Steven...

Rationality - Review Extracts

Rationality - Review Extracts "As with all of his books, this one is erudite, lucid, funny and dense with fascinating material. His characteristic brew of Yiddish jokes, brainy comics and incisive argumentation is a pleasure to read, even when the subjects are technical and mathematical. It's no...

Some Favorite Books

From time to time editors and readers ask me to list my favorite books in various genres or on particular topics. Here’s a list of the lists — they are necessarily haphazard, containing the first examples that sprang into mind, and no doubt omit other favorites that did not occur to me at the time...

Brain

Sagittal section of Steven Pinker's brain:

Review Excerpts for The Blank Slate

[A] lucid view of what makes humans human. ... A rich, sophisticated argument that may leave pious souls a little uneasy. — Kirkus Reviews, August 1, 2002 Pinker is a fluent writer, superb at explaining difficult ideas for general readers. He keeps his writing alive with humour, stories, cartoons...