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| Author | Steven Pinker |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Human nature |
Publication date | 2002 |
| Publication place | United States |
| 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 best-selling 2002 book by the cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker, in which the author makes a case against tabula rasa models in the social sciences, arguing that human behavior is substantially shaped by evolutionary psychological adaptations. The book was nominated for the 2003 Aventis Prizes and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.