Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker has written at least 58 books. Their most popular book is The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined with 171 saves with an average rating of 3.96⭐.

They are best known for writing in the genres Philosophy, Nonfiction, and Psychology.

reflective, informative, and challenging are their most common moods.

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Steven Arthur "Steve" Pinker is a Canadian-born American cognitive scientist, psychologist, linguist, and popular science author. He is Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University, and is known for his advocacy of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind.

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Steven Pinker

Author Bio

Details	Rating	Readers Count
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined Steven Pinker	3.96	36 reads
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress Steven Pinker	4	48 reads
Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World Steven Pressfield Soman Chainani Neil Strauss Veronica Belmont Annie Duke Arianna Huffington Gary Vaynerchuk Tim O'Reilly Brené Brown Mike D. Kevin Kelly Eric Ripert Sharon Salzberg Ray Dalio Jacqueline Novogratz Linda Rottenberg Caroline Paul Evan Williams Chris Anderson Neil Gaiman	4.09	46 reads
The Blank Slate Steven Pinker	4.11	21 reads
The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and Mind Steven Pinker	4.03	31 reads
The Sense of Style Steven Pinker	4.09	20 reads
Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters Steven Pinker	3.33	16 reads
How the Mind Works Steven Pinker	3.8	6 reads
The Stuff of Thought Steven Pinker	3.29	8 reads
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature Steven Pinker	2.67	6 reads
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature Steven Pinker	4.33	5 reads
How the Mind Works Steven Pinker	4	4 reads
Words and Rules Steven Pinker	5	2 reads
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century Steven Pinker	2	1 read
How the Mind Works Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
The Language Instinct The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language Steven Pinker	4	2 reads
Enlightenment Now Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress Steven Pinker	3	1 read
What Are You Optimistic About? John Brockman John McCarthy Sam Harris Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Brian Greene Jared Diamond John Horgan Martin Rees Carlo Rovelli Daniel C. Dennett Andrew Brown Michael Shermer Clay Shirky J. Craig Venter Douglas Rushkoff Anton Zeilinger Leonard Susskind Geoffrey Miller Marcelo Gleiser Martin E. P. Seligman Freeman J. Dyson Jerry Adler Gino Segrè Lawrence Maxwell Krauss Robert Shapiro Frank Wilczek Paul J. Steinhardt Lee Smolin Lisa Randall Charles Seife Karl Sabbagh Alexander Vilenkin Max Tegmark Richard Dawkins Chris Anderson Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
Mental Immunity Mental Immunity Andy Norman	2	1 read
Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language Steven Pinker	0	1 read
The Better Angels of Our Nature The Better Angels of Our Nature: The Decline of Violence In History And Its Causes Steven Pinker	5	2 reads
Los ángeles que llevamos dentro. El declive de la violencia y sus implicaciones Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
The Stone Reader The Stone Reader	0	0 reads
Racionalidade: o que é, porque parece rara e porque importa Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
Rationality Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters Steven Pinker	3	1 read
En defensa de la Ilustración: Por la razón, la ciencia, el humanismo y el progreso Steven Pinker	4	1 read
The Seven Words You Can't Say On Television Steven Pinker	4	1 read
Enlightenment now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism and Progress Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
Enlightenment Now Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress [Paperback] [Feb 12, 2018] Steven Pinker Steven Pinker	4	1 read
Do Humankind's Best Days Lie Ahead? Steven Pinker Matt Ridley Alain de Botton Malcolm Gladwell	4	1 read
Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead?: The Munk Debates Steven Pinker Matt Ridley Alain de Botton Malcolm Gladwell	0	1 read
Learnability and Cognition, new edition: The Acquisition of Argument Structure Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
A Bright Future: How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the Rest Can Follow Joshua S. Goldstein Staffan A. Qvist	0	0 reads
Virtuous Violence: Hurting and Killing to Create, Sustain, End, and Honor Social Relationships Alan Page Fiske Tage Shakti Rai	0	1 read
The stuff of thought Steven Pinker	0	1 read
El instinto del lenguaje Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
Aufklärung jetzt: Für Vernunft, Wissenschaft, Humanismus und Fortschritt. Eine Verteidigung Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
هل أفضل أيام البشر قادمة؟ هل أفضل أيام البشر قادمة؟ Steven Pinker Malcolm Gladwell Alain de Botton Matt Ridley	0	1 read
Os Anjos Bons da Nossa Natureza: Por Que a Violência Diminuiu Steven Pinker Bernardo Joffily (Translator) Laura Teixeira Motta (Translator)	0	0 reads
The Sense of Style The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century Steven Pinker	4	1 read
The Secret Life of Verbs The Secret Life of Verbs: A BIT of Learnability and Cognition Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
Enlightenment Now Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
On the origin of art David Walsh Elizabeth Pearce Steven Pinker Brian Boyd Geoffrey Miller Mark Changizi	5	1 read
Guia de Escrita: Como Conceber Um Texto com Clareza, Precisão e Elegância Steven Pinker Rodolfo Ilari (Translator)	0	0 reads
Tábula Rasa Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
O Novo Iluminismo Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
La tabla rasa La tabla rasa Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
La tabla rasa: La negación moderna de la naturaleza humana Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and The Mind Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
Lepší andělé naší přirozenosti: Proč ubývá násilí Steven Pinker Zuzana Gabajová (Translator)	0	0 reads
O Iluminismo Agora: Em Defesa da Razão, Ciência, Humanismo e Progresso Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
Gewalt Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
Os Anjos Bons da Nossa Natureza Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
Urmează cele mai bune zile ale omenirii? Urmează cele mai bune zile ale omenirii? Malcolm Gladwell Alain de Botton Matt Ridley Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
The Better Angels of Our Nature Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
Language learnability and language development Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
El sentido del estilo Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
Language, Cognition, and Human Nature: Selected Articles Steven Pinker	0	0 reads

Details	Rating	Readers Count
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined Steven Pinker	3.96	36 reads
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress Steven Pinker	4	48 reads
Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World Steven Pressfield Soman Chainani Neil Strauss Veronica Belmont Annie Duke Arianna Huffington Gary Vaynerchuk Tim O'Reilly Brené Brown Mike D. Kevin Kelly Eric Ripert Sharon Salzberg Ray Dalio Jacqueline Novogratz Linda Rottenberg Caroline Paul Evan Williams Chris Anderson Neil Gaiman	4.09	46 reads
The Blank Slate Steven Pinker	4.11	21 reads
The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and Mind Steven Pinker	4.03	31 reads
The Sense of Style Steven Pinker	4.09	20 reads
Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters Steven Pinker	3.33	16 reads
How the Mind Works Steven Pinker	3.8	6 reads
The Stuff of Thought Steven Pinker	3.29	8 reads
The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature Steven Pinker	2.67	6 reads
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature Steven Pinker	4.33	5 reads
How the Mind Works Steven Pinker	4	4 reads
Words and Rules Steven Pinker	5	2 reads
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century Steven Pinker	2	1 read
How the Mind Works Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
The Language Instinct The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language Steven Pinker	4	2 reads
Enlightenment Now Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress Steven Pinker	3	1 read
What Are You Optimistic About? John Brockman John McCarthy Sam Harris Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Brian Greene Jared Diamond John Horgan Martin Rees Carlo Rovelli Daniel C. Dennett Andrew Brown Michael Shermer Clay Shirky J. Craig Venter Douglas Rushkoff Anton Zeilinger Leonard Susskind Geoffrey Miller Marcelo Gleiser Martin E. P. Seligman Freeman J. Dyson Jerry Adler Gino Segrè Lawrence Maxwell Krauss Robert Shapiro Frank Wilczek Paul J. Steinhardt Lee Smolin Lisa Randall Charles Seife Karl Sabbagh Alexander Vilenkin Max Tegmark Richard Dawkins Chris Anderson Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
Mental Immunity Mental Immunity Andy Norman	2	1 read
Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language Steven Pinker	0	1 read
The Better Angels of Our Nature The Better Angels of Our Nature: The Decline of Violence In History And Its Causes Steven Pinker	5	2 reads
Los ángeles que llevamos dentro. El declive de la violencia y sus implicaciones Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
The Stone Reader The Stone Reader	0	0 reads
Racionalidade: o que é, porque parece rara e porque importa Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
Rationality Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters Steven Pinker	3	1 read
En defensa de la Ilustración: Por la razón, la ciencia, el humanismo y el progreso Steven Pinker	4	1 read
The Seven Words You Can't Say On Television Steven Pinker	4	1 read
Enlightenment now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism and Progress Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
Enlightenment Now Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress [Paperback] [Feb 12, 2018] Steven Pinker Steven Pinker	4	1 read
Do Humankind's Best Days Lie Ahead? Steven Pinker Matt Ridley Alain de Botton Malcolm Gladwell	4	1 read
Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead?: The Munk Debates Steven Pinker Matt Ridley Alain de Botton Malcolm Gladwell	0	1 read
Learnability and Cognition, new edition: The Acquisition of Argument Structure Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
A Bright Future: How Some Countries Have Solved Climate Change and the Rest Can Follow Joshua S. Goldstein Staffan A. Qvist	0	0 reads
Virtuous Violence: Hurting and Killing to Create, Sustain, End, and Honor Social Relationships Alan Page Fiske Tage Shakti Rai	0	1 read
The stuff of thought Steven Pinker	0	1 read
El instinto del lenguaje Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
Aufklärung jetzt: Für Vernunft, Wissenschaft, Humanismus und Fortschritt. Eine Verteidigung Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
هل أفضل أيام البشر قادمة؟ هل أفضل أيام البشر قادمة؟ Steven Pinker Malcolm Gladwell Alain de Botton Matt Ridley	0	1 read
Os Anjos Bons da Nossa Natureza: Por Que a Violência Diminuiu Steven Pinker Bernardo Joffily (Translator) Laura Teixeira Motta (Translator)	0	0 reads
The Sense of Style The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century Steven Pinker	4	1 read
The Secret Life of Verbs The Secret Life of Verbs: A BIT of Learnability and Cognition Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
Enlightenment Now Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
On the origin of art David Walsh Elizabeth Pearce Steven Pinker Brian Boyd Geoffrey Miller Mark Changizi	5	1 read
Guia de Escrita: Como Conceber Um Texto com Clareza, Precisão e Elegância Steven Pinker Rodolfo Ilari (Translator)	0	0 reads
Tábula Rasa Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
O Novo Iluminismo Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
La tabla rasa La tabla rasa Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
La tabla rasa: La negación moderna de la naturaleza humana Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
The Language Instinct: The New Science of Language and The Mind Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
Lepší andělé naší přirozenosti: Proč ubývá násilí Steven Pinker Zuzana Gabajová (Translator)	0	0 reads
O Iluminismo Agora: Em Defesa da Razão, Ciência, Humanismo e Progresso Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
Gewalt Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
Os Anjos Bons da Nossa Natureza Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
Urmează cele mai bune zile ale omenirii? Urmează cele mai bune zile ale omenirii? Malcolm Gladwell Alain de Botton Matt Ridley Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
The Better Angels of Our Nature Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
Language learnability and language development Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
El sentido del estilo Steven Pinker	0	0 reads
Language, Cognition, and Human Nature: Selected Articles Steven Pinker	0	0 reads

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