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019458
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London, Penguin, 2011.
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xxxviii, 1026Orange spine
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A controversial history of violence argues that today's world is the most peaceful time in human existence, drawing on psychological insights into intrinsic values that are causing people to condemn violence as an acceptable measure.
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9780141034645 Pb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| I01656 | 303.609/PIN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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019482
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London, Penguin Books, 2002.
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xvi, 509pBlack spine
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In a study of the nature versus nurture debate, one of the world's foremost experts on language and the mind explores the modern self-denial of our basic human natures.
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9780140276053 Pb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| I01623 | 155.2/PIN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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017794
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New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 2009.
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xviii, 661pWhite Spine
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In this book, Steven Pinker explains what the mind is, how it evolved, and how it allows us to see, think, feel, laugh, interact, enjoy the arts, and ponder the mysteries of life. How the Mind Works explains many of the imponderables of everyday life. The arguments in the book are as bold as its title. Pinker rehabilitates unfashionable ideas, such as that the mind is a computer and that human nature was shaped by natural selection. And he challenges fashionable ones, such as that passionate emotions are irrational, that parents socialize their children, that creativity springs from the unconscious, that nature is good and modern society corrupting, and that art and religion are expressions of our higher spiritual yearnings.
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Standard equipment
Thinking machines
Revenge of the nerds
The mind's eye
Good ideas
Hotheads
Family values
The meaning of life
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9780393334777 Pb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| I01246 | 153/PIN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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017724
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New York, Penguin Books, 1994.
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494pLight green and red spine
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Steve Pinker discusses the idea that language is an instinct, as innate to us as flying is to geese. This book covers the biological origin, acquisition by children and the grammatical structure of human language.
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9780140175295 Pb.
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| I01239 | 400/PIN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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017723
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New York, Penguin Books, 2008.
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ix, 499pBlack and white spine
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In this book, Steven Pinker explains how the mind works by examining the way we use words. Pinker takes on scientific questions - such as how language affects thought, and which of our concepts are innate - as well as questions from the headlines and everyday life. How does a mind that evolved to think about rocks and plants and enemies think about love and physics and democracy? How can a choice of metaphors start a war, impeach a president or win an election? Why do people impose taboos on topics like sex, excretion and the divine? Why does the government care so much about dirty words? How do lobbyists bribe politicians? How do romantic comedies get such mileage out of the ambiguities of dating? Why do so many courtroom dramas hinge on disagreements about who really caused a person's death? Why have the last two American presidents gotten into trouble through the semantic niceties of their words? And why is bulk e-mail called spam?
Pinker shows us that language can really tell us unexpected and fascinating things about ourselves.
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9780141015477 Pb.
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| I01238 | 401.9/PIN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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018662
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New York, Harper Perennial, 2011.
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The mysteries of language are explored in this original and hugely entertaining book. Steven Pinker uses a deceptively simple phenomenon - regular and irregular verbs to illuminate an astonishing array of topics; the history of languages, what we can learn from children's grammatical mistakes, the genetic and neurobiological underpinnings of language and some of the major themes in Western philosophy.
The key idea - that language comprises a mental dictionary of memorized words and a mental grammar of creative rules - extends beyond language, offering insight into the nature of thinking.
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9780062011909
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| Accession# | Call# | Current Location | Status | Policy | Location |
| I01375 | 415/PIN | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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