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Much of the book is dedicated to examining fears of the social and political consequences of his view of human nature:
1. The fear of inequality.
2. The fear of imperfectibility.
3. The fear of determinism.
4. The fear of nihilism.
— May 15, 2016 01:00PM
1. The fear of inequality.
2. The fear of imperfectibility.
3. The fear of determinism.
4. The fear of nihilism.
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Pinker argues that modern science has challenged three "linked dogmas" that constitute the dominant view of human nature in intellectual life:
1.The Blank Slate (Empiricism): the mind has no innate traits.
2.The Noble Savage (Romanticism): people are born good and corrupted by society.
3. The Ghost in the Machine (Dualism): each of us has a soul that makes choices free from biology.
— May 15, 2016 12:41PM
1.The Blank Slate (Empiricism): the mind has no innate traits.
2.The Noble Savage (Romanticism): people are born good and corrupted by society.
3. The Ghost in the Machine (Dualism): each of us has a soul that makes choices free from biology.
