Steven Pinker: 27 books
The Sense of Style
The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
** “Charming and erudite," from the author of Enlightenment Now, "The wit and insight and clarity he brings . . . is what makes this book such a gem.” —Time.com**
Why is so much writing so bad, and how can we make it better? Is the English language being corrupted by texting and...
The Language Instinct
How The Mind Creates Language
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2010
The classic book on the development of human language by the world’s leading expert on language and the mind.
In this classic, the world's expert on language and mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about language: how it works, how children learn it, how it changes,...
En defensa de la Ilustración
Por la razón, la ciencia, el humanismo y el progreso
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 19, 2018
Si creías que el mundo estaba llegando a su fin, esto te interesa: vivimos más años y la salud nos acompaña, somos más libres y, en definitiva, más felices; y aunque los problemas a los que nos enfrentamos son extraordinarios, las soluciones residen en el ideal de la Ilustración: el uso de...
Do Humankind’s Best Days Lie Ahead?
The Munk Debates
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
Progress. It is one of the animating concepts of the modern era. From the Enlightenment onwards, the West has had an enduring belief that through the evolution of institutions, innovations, and ideas, the human condition is improving. This process is supposedly accelerating as new technologies, individual...
Los ángeles que llevamos dentro
El declive de la violencia y sus implicaciones
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 19, 2018
En Los ángeles que llevamos dentro, Steven Pinker nos expone las investigaciones que ha llevado a cabo sobre la preponderancia de la violencia a lo largo de la historia. Estas investigaciones le han llevado a concluir que, pese a las guerras actuales, vivimos en una época en la que la violencia...
Guia de Escrita
como conceber um texto com clareza, precisão e elegância
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: August 25, 2016
Por que há tantos textos ruins? O que se pode fazer para mudar essa realidade? É verdade que a língua está se deteriorando devido às mensagens eletrônicas e às redes sociais? Neste livro divertido e instrutivo, Steven Pinker – linguista, cientista cognitivo, escritor e autor de vários best-sellers...
Der Stoff, aus dem das Denken ist
Was die Sprache über unsere Natur verrät
Language: German
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Das faszinierende Porträt unseres Geistes - der Klassiker jetzt auf Deutsch!Wie kommt man direkt an das Denken heran? Über die Sprache. In ihr liegen unsere Vorstellungen von Raum und Zeit begründet, von Sex und Intimität, von Macht und Fairness. Bestsellerautor Steven Pinker sieht sich daher...
The Blank Slate
The Modern Denial of Human Nature
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2003
**A brilliant inquiry into the origins of human nature from the author of The Better Angels of Our Nature and Enlightenment Now.
"Sweeping, erudite, sharply argued, and fun to read..also highly persuasive." --Time**
Now updated with a new afterword
One of the world's...
by Steven Pinker
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2009
“A model of scientific writing: erudite, witty, and clear.” —New York Review of Books
The Pulitzer Prize finalist and national bestseller How the Mind Works is a fascinating, provocative work exploring the mysteries of human thought and behavior. How do we see in three dimensions? How...
O Grande Livro das Coisas Horríveis
A crônica definitiva da história das 100 piores atrocidades
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Existem várias formas de contar a história da humanidade. Matthew White, um autoproclamado especialista em atrocidades, escolheu contar a história pelo seu viés mais sombrio: as mortes. Como William Shakespeare destacou na peça Julius Caesar, "O mal que os homens fazem sobrevive a eles....
by 史迪芬．平克(Steven Pinker)
Language: Chinese
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Language: Chinese
Release Date: March 8, 2016
紐時暢銷作家、《語言本能》作者
享譽國際的認知科學 ╳ 心理語言學家
為21世紀知識分子所寫的英語寫作指南
良好的寫作並非本能，對人類來說，這甚至是項艱難的任務；然而，這不代表我們無法透過後天努力掌握這項技藝，更不代表學習過程必然枯燥而充滿教條；事實上，這可以是一場迷人的心智旅程。
本書是為了有英文寫作的需求，並期望提升此項能力的人們而撰。此外，如果對文學有興趣，或希望了解心智科學如何幫助人們理解語言的運作，也能從本書獲得啟發。
搭配豐富的正反實例，作者告訴我們：
@透過大量閱讀提升品味和語感
@讓讀者與文章主題產生清楚連結
@去除專業知識構成的理解障礙
@避免不恰當的文章結構誤導讀者
@確保文章具一致性與邏輯性
@掌握正確語法
掌握以上數點，並經過假以時日的練習，就能寫出論述清晰而又兼具風格的英語好文章。
名人推薦
何穎怡（商周選書顧問）...
by 史迪芬．平克(Steven Pinker)
Language: Chinese
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Language: Chinese
Release Date: December 3, 2015
探索人類語言進化的奧秘
人類會說話，就像蜘蛛結網一樣，是與生俱來的本能？
這是認識語言科學必讀的經典著作，也是所有使用語言的人都應該看的書。
史迪芬．平克是舉世聞名的認知科學家暨心理語言學家。
本書強調：語言是大腦先天存在的配備，如同蜘蛛天生就會結網；語言學習是語言本能的結果，而不是原因。透過日常生活中的有趣例子，平克探究了語言的所有問題：包括語言的運作、計算、改變、演化、嬰兒如何牙牙學語、普遍語法的存在證據、洋涇濱語言的演變，以及語言藍圖的主宰性……。
或許有一天，生物技術真的能夠找到存於腦海裡的文法基因、語言基因。
－世界語言學與心智科學的領導人物，重量級暢銷科普作者！
－大膽立論並具備正確的科學知識，豐富精采的敘事風格持續暢銷二十年！
－曾志朗、王士元教授專文推薦。
得獎紀錄
美國心理協會...
by Steven Pinker, Paul Bloom
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 13, 2018
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 13, 2018
Un viaggio alla scoperta dell’evoluzione del linguaggio in termini selettivi che mostra come l’origine delle nostre capacità verbali debba essere interpretata in termini di complessità adattiva. La sofisticata organizzazione che riguarda il linguaggio indica che questo non è altro che il prodotto...
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