Steven Pinker | The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
Recorded Sep 18, 2007
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(This recording contains explicit content.) Stephen Pinker is the Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, where he conducts research on language and cognition. One of today’s most popular science writers and a New York Times bestselling author, Pinker’s previous books include The Language Instinct and the Pulitzer Prize finalist The Blank Slate. In The Stuff of Thought, Pinker explores the complex relationship between language and human nature.
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