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Steven Pinker

Steven Arthur Pinker (born September 18, 1954) is a Canadian cognitive psychologist, psycholinguist, popular science author, and public intellectual. He is an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind. Pinker is the Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University.

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Notable work
The Language Instinct (1994) · How the Mind Works (1997) · The Blank Slate (2002) · The Better Angels of Our Nature (2011) · Enlightenment Now (2018)
Education
Dawson College (DCS) · McGill University (BA) · Harvard University (PhD)
Born
(1954-09-18) September 18, 1954 (age 71) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Doctoral advisor
Stephen Kosslyn
Fields
Evolutionary psychology · Experimental psychology · Cognitive science · Psycholinguistics
Relatives
Susan Pinker (sister)

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Notable work · 6
Steven Pinker → Enlightenment Now (2018), How the Mind Works (1997), Rationality (2021), The Better Angels of Our Nature (2011), The Blank Slate (2002), The Language Instinct (1994)
Fields · 4
Steven Pinker → Cognitive science, Evolutionary psychology, Experimental psychology, Psycholinguistics
Workplaces · 4
Steven Pinker → Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New College of the Humanities, Stanford University
Education · 3
Steven Pinker → Dawson College (DCS), Harvard University (PhD), McGill University (BA)
Born · 1
Steven Pinker → (1954-09-18) September 18, 1954 (age 71) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Doctoral advisor · 1
Steven Pinker → Stephen Kosslyn
Relatives · 1
Steven Pinker → Susan Pinker (sister)

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