Author | Steven Pinker |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Subject | Human nature |
Publication date | 2002 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
Pages | 509 pp |
ISBN | 0-670-03151-8 |
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature is a popular 2002 book by the psychologist Steven Pinker. The author makes a case against tabula rasa (the idea that people are born with no mental content). The book was voted for the 2003 Aventis Prizes. It was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.