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The blank slate : the modern denial of human nature /
By: Pinker, Steven.
Publisher: London : Allen Lane, 2002Description: xvi, 509 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0713992565; 9780713992564:.Subject(s): Characters and characteristics
| Developmental psychology | Nature and nurture | Nature and nutureDDC classification: 155.2 Summary: This title makes explicit the argument that has been the backdrop to the author's previous books. It claims that the ideas of the 'noble savage' and the 'blank slate' which underpin modern attitudes to human nature are untruthful in deflecting responsibility from the individual onto society.
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ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 155.2 PIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0047733 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This title makes explicit the argument that has been the backdrop to the author's previous books. It claims that the ideas of the 'noble savage' and the 'blank slate' which underpin modern attitudes to human nature are untruthful in deflecting responsibility from the individual onto society.