Author: Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker is Harvard College Professor and Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. Until 2003, he taught in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT. He conducts research on language and cognition, writes for publications such as the New York Times, Time, and The New Republic, and is the author of seven books, including The Language Instinct, How the Mind Works, Words and Rules, The Blank Slate, and most recently, The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature.
Progressophobia: Why Things Are Better Than You Think They Are
 Skeptical Inquirer Volume 42, No. 3
May / June 2018

Adapted from ENLIGHTENMENT NOW: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker, published by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC. Copyright © 2018 by Steven Pinker. Buy online at: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/317051/enlightenment-now-by-steven-pinker/.     Intellectuals hate progress. Intellectuals who call themselves “progressive” really hate progress. It’s …

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The Humanities and Human Nature
 Skeptical Inquirer Volume 30, No. 6
November / December 2006
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Strong Response to Terrorism…
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July / August 2003
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The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
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March / April 2003
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Whence Religious Belief?
 Skeptical Inquirer Volume 23, No. 4
July / August 1999
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