Steven Pinker
I am a cognitive scientist interested in all aspects of language, mind, and human nature. My research has concentrated on visual cognition (imagery, attention, shape recognition), psycholinguistics (the acquisition of syntax and morphology, conceptual semantics, regular and irregular phenomena in language), and social relations (indirect speech, common knowledge, cooperation, and social emotions). Since the publication of my book The Better Angels of Our Nature, I have retained an interest in the psychology and history of violence and nonviolence. In 2014 I published The Sense of Style: A Writing Guide for the 20th Century, My most recent book (2018) is called Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress. For more information, see www.stevenpinker.com
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