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"[How the Mind Works] marks out the territory on which the coming century's debate about human nature will be held."―Oliver Morton, The New Yorker

In this extraordinary bestseller, Steven Pinker, one of the world's leading cognitive scientists, does for the rest of the mind what he did for language in his 1994 book, The Language Instinct. He 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. And he does it with the wit that prompted Mark Ridley to write in the New York Times Book Review, "No other science writer makes me laugh so much. . . . [Pinker] deserves the superlatives that are lavished on him." The arguments in the book are as bold as its title. Pinker rehabilitates some unfashionable ideas, such as that the mind is a computer and that human nature was shaped by natural selection, and challenges fashionable ones, such as that passionate emotions are irrational, that parents socialize their children, and that nature is good and modern society corrupting. Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize A New York Times Notable Book of the Year and Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1997 Featured in Time magazine, the New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Nature, Science, Lingua Franca, and Science Times Front-page reviews in the Washington Post Book World, the Boston Globe Book Section, and the San Diego Union Book Review Illustrations

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This is a lively and accessible book, and Pinker tackles his enormously ambitious project with energy and humour. -- Times [London], Edward Platt, 21 February 1999

[How the Mind Works] marks out the territory on which the coming century's debate about human nature will be held. -- Oliver Morton, The New Yorker

About the Author

Steven Pinker is a Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. He conducts research on language and cognition; writes for publications such as the New York Times, Time, and The Atlantic; and is the author of ten books, including The Language Instinct, How the Mind Works, The Blank Slate, The Stuff of Thought, The Better Angels of Our Nature, and The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century.

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Paperback: 672 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; Later prt. edition (January 17, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0393318486
ISBN-13: 978-0393318487
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November 7, 2017

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I saw (a picture of) a pond covered entirely with lotus leaves. If I had not read this book, I would have thought, "It's supposed to be beautiful but I just cannot like it." and immediately looked away searching for other beautiful images, having not known, no, better yet, not even had a slightest chance to hear the little voice in my MIND saying, "WHY do I not like it?"
Does this book really give the answers to these kinds of questions? Yes, he gives his answers. And they are satisfying ones, too, so the huge title How the Mind Works. However, I believe that the answers to the seemingly unsolvable questions are not as important as the road toward the answers, strangely, on every step of which, not at the end of them, there lay the Meaning of Life (the final chapter of the book) for me. And that meaning is one good one to live by.

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This is the best book I have ever read

May 5, 2017

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I read between 25 and 50 books a year, mostly non fiction. This is the best book I have ever read, but you are warned Pinker is a linguist and is showing off on each of the 500+ pages you will need a dictionary. If you want to understand yourself, spouse and coworkers better read this book.

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David H. Eisenberg

Another Pinker pyrotechnical display of knowledge and writing

September 1, 2015

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I was really surprised to see how controversial Steven Pinker is for some people. Apparently, there is a lot of anger by some scientists. I'm not sure why. I'm not a scientist, but, I read a lot of science. It may be that he has very strong opinions that he defends well on controversial subjects. Maybe it is professional jealousy. He is free in his criticism of scientists he feels let politics influence them and it might be that this upsets some people who like them. What you get here is a survey of the psychology of the mind, and it is a pyrotechnical feat. The range of subjects, quotations and examples is astonishing. Will you learn how the mind works? Not really, because no one knows yet. But, you will get many insights into it, you will get myths shattered, suspicions gratified and more explanations than you can probably absorb. At least, I can't absorb it all.

It is not in my opinion as good a book as The Language Instinct, nor as good as The Blank Slate, which it resembles in some ways (I am reading them simultaneously, though I read TBS years ago for the first time, and you can't help but notice the cross-over). So, I considered giving it four stars. But, then I decided, it is such a powerful performance, and so well written, that it shouldn't get less than five stars just because he didn't surpass himself. I have another book of his on tap and I'm going to get right to it.

I will offer this minor criticism. Have you ever sat through a fireworks display that just never ended? It might have benefitted from a little tighter editing, but it seems like he just doesn't want to leave anything out. If he knows it, he want us to know it too.

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Know Thyself First!

February 21, 2018

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This is a book to read to gain insight about your mental processing and how others process their observations and the reactions that follow. Situation awareness is a skill that requires deliberate effort to develop and improve. Understanding our own mental process helps to improve self-discipline and to weed out our bad habits that are self-defeating and time wasting distraction traps we all encounter in our daily lives,

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... college when studying Minds and Machines and fell in love with it

March 14, 2016

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I had to read this book in college when studying Minds and Machines and fell in love with it. It's not an easy read, but worth every effort. Pinker explores a variety of different and difficult topics in a very elegant and entertaining, yet scientifically precise way.

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Great book. Pinker does an excellent job of explaining ...

January 6, 2017

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Great book. Pinker does an excellent job of explaining how the mind has evolved of millennia to solve the problems that humans faced before civilization. I found the book to be very deep. It required me to read slowly to understand some of the passages. It was definitely worth the time though.

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Fun and worth reading

January 11, 2016

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Well-written for the layperson interested in such matters. Do not, however, imagine this is a science text written for peer-review. It isn't. Pinker inserts his own view throughout the book, often relying on his own experiences reading the science literature or his own conclusions drawn from years of experience in the field of cognitive science and linguistics.

Fun and worth reading, particularly the sections on language.

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Great Book On How The Mind Works By Steven Pinker Renowned Psychologist!

April 18, 2018

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This book is very interesting and insightful and very useful. This book is very well researched and well written by the renowned psychologist Steven Pinker. Excellent case studies and examples! I recommend this book without qualifications. One of the best books I have ever read! I have the Amazon Kindle version of the book. The book is text to speech enabled so you can listen to the book or read the book or both.

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