Steven Pinker

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cognitive psychologist human linguist popular science author university professor

Steven Pinker is a Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and popular science author known for his work on language, the mind, and human nature.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cognitive psychologist → human → linguist → popular science author → university professor →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts → Doctor of Philosophy →
almaMater	Harvard University → McGill University →
awardReceived	Humanist of the Year → Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (lecturer) → William James Book Award →
citizenship	Canada → United States of America →
countryOfBirth	Canada →
dateOfBirth	1954-09-18 →
employer	Harvard University → Massachusetts Institute of Technology → Stanford University → University of California, Santa Barbara →
familyName	Pinker →
fieldOfWork	cognitive psychology → cognitive science → evolutionary psychology → linguistics → psycholinguistics → science communication →
gender	male →
givenName	Steven →
knownFor	arguments about decline of violence → research on language acquisition → theory of language as an instinct → work on human nature →
language	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Sciences →
name	Steven Pinker →
notableIdea	defense of Enlightenment values → language as a biological adaptation →
notableWork	Enlightenment Now → How the Mind Works → Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters → The Better Angels of Our Nature → The Blank Slate → The Language Instinct → The Stuff of Thought → Words and Rules →
placeOfBirth	Montreal →
positionHeld	Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University →
religion	atheism →
spouse	Rebecca Goldstein →

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The Blank Slate →	author
Steven Pinker ("Pinker") →	familyName
evolutionary psychology →	hasKeyFigure
Steven Pinker →	name
poverty of the stimulus argument →	notableProponent
Humanist of the Year →	notableRecipient