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1、{i}>>PENGUINBOOKSTHEBLANKSLATEStevenPinkerisJohnstoneProfessorofPsychologyatHarvardUniversity.HisresearchonvisualcognitionandthepsychologyoflanguagehasearnedprizesfromtheNationalAcademyofSciencesandtheAmericanPsychologicalAssociation.PinkerhasalsoreceivedmanyawardsforhisteachingatMITandforhisboo
2、ksHowtheMindWorks(whichwasalsoafinalistforthePulitzerPrize)andTheLanguageInstinct.Heisanelectedfellowofseveralscientificsocieties,associateeditorofCognition,andamemberoftheusagepaneloftheAmericanHeritageDictionary.HehaswrittenforTheNewYorkTimes,Time,TheNewYorker,TheNewRepublic,Slate,andTechnolog
3、yReview.~PraiseforTheBlankSlate“Abrilliantandforcefulsummary...Awell-informedandwell-writtenaccountof[human]limitations,[writtenwith]agracefulinterleavingofscientificandliterarysources....[This]finebookhelpswithataskthatweallmustbegintotakeseriously...Canitbethatwehavefinallygrownup?”—MelvinKonn
4、er,TheAmericanProspect“Thisisabrilliantbook.Itisbeautifullywritten,andaddressesprofoundissueswithcourageandclarity.Thereisnothingelselikeit,anditisgoingtohaveanimpactthatextendswellbeyondthescientificacademy.”—PaulBloom,TrendsinCognitiveSciences“StevenPinkerhaswrittenanextremelygoodbook—clear,we
5、llargued,fair,learned,tough,witty,humane,stimulating.Ionlyhopethatpeoplestudyitcarefullybeforerisingupideologicallyagainsthim.Iftheydo,theywillseethattheideaofaninnatelyflawedbutwonderfullyrichhumannatureisaforceforgood,notevil.—ColinMcGinn,TheWashingtonPost“StevenPinkerisamanofencyclopedicknowl
6、edgeandanincisivestyleofargument.HisargumentinTheBlankSlateisthatintellectuallifeintheWest,andmuchofoursocialandpoliticalpolicy,wasincreasinglydominatedthroughthetwentiethcenturybyaviewofhumannaturethatisfundamentallyflawed;thatthisdominationhasbeenbackedbysomethingthatamountstoacademicterrorism
7、(hedoesnotputitquitesostrongly):andthatwewouldbenefit{ii}substantiallyfromamorerealisticview.Pinker'sexpositionisthoroughlyreadableandofenviableclarity.Hisexplanationofsuchadifficulttechnicalmatterastheanalysisofvarianceandr