Steven Pinker
Steven Arthur Pinker (born September 18, 1954) is a Canadian-American experimental psychologist. He has written six popular psychology books. He is a Harvard College professor.
Steven Pinker | |
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| Born | September 18, 1954 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian-American |
| Spouse(s) | Rebecca Goldstein |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Society of Canada |
| Website | stevenpinker |
Early life and career
Pinker was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1954, to a middle-class English-speaking Jewish family.
Personal life
When he was 13 he became an atheist.[1] Pinker was given the American Humanist Association's Humanist of the Year award on May 13, 2006.
Steven Pinker Media
Pinker argues that the human faculty for language is as much an instinct as a beaver's ability to build dams.
Pinker at CSICon in 2018, hosted by the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Detail from "Mars" in Das Mittelalterliche Hausbuch, c. 1475 – 1480. Pinker used the image in The Better Angels of Our Nature to illustrate violence in the middle ages.
Pinker in Göttingen, 2010
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Other websites
References
- ↑ Staff, Guardian (6 November 1999). "Steven Pinker: the mind reader" – via www.theguardian.com.