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Authors@Google: Steven Pinker (15:04)

Renowned linguist Steven Pinker speaks at Google's Mountain View, CA, headquarters about his book "The Stuff of Thought." This event took place on September 24,...

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Steven Pinker - The Genius of Charles Darwin: The Uncut Interviews (08:14)

Richard Dawkins interviews Steven Pinker for "The Genius of Charles Darwin", the Channel 4 UK TV program which won British Broadcasting Awards' "Best Documentary...

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Steven Pinker: Chalking it up to the blank slate (24:09)

www.ted.com Steven Pinker's book The Blank Slate argues that all humans are born with some innate traits. Here, Pinker talks about his thesis, and why some people...

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RSA Animate - Language as a Window into Human Nature (10:54)

In this new RSAnimate Steven Pinker shows us how the mind turns the finite building blocks of language into infinite meanings. Taken from the RSA's free public...

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Steven Pinker: The stuff of thought (17:41)

www.ted.com In an exclusive preview of his book The Stuff of Thought, Steven Pinker looks at language and how it expresses what goes on in our minds -- and how...

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The Darwin Debate: Steven Pinker, Jonathan Miller, Steve Jones and Meredith Small - BBC (47:36)

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Steven Pinker On Reason (07:31)

Steven Pinker talks about his personal philosophy and what reason means to him.

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Steven Pinker believes language reveals human nature. (27:08)

In his latest book, cognitive scientist Steven Pinker explores how language can help us understand human nature. He talks about several aspects of language,...

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The Great Debate - Steven Pinker (12:09)

Steven Pinker is Harvard College Professor and Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard. His research is on visual cognition and the psychology of...

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Steven Pinker: The Better Angels of our Nature (54:18)

Are we moving increasingly closer towards a benevolent society? Steven Pinker talks about his latest work, 'The Better Angels of our Nature' at the Royal...

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Public Voices, Steven Pinker and Robert Jay Lifton | THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH (55:41)

The New School for Social Research based in New York City, offers master's and doctoral programs in anthropology, economics, philosophy, politics, psychology, and...

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