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Steven
Pinker
STEVEN
PINKER is the Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology
at Harvard University. Until 2003, he taught in the Department of Brain and Cognitive
Sciences at MIT. He conducts research on language and cognition, writes for publications
such as the New York Times, Time, and Slate, and is the author of six books,
including The Language Instinct, How the Mind Works, Words and Rules, The
Blank Slate, and The Stuff of Thought.
Pinker serves on numerous editorial and advisory boards, including
the Usage Panel of The American Heritage Dictionary and the
scientific advisory board for "The Decade of Behavior." He
has won many prizes for his books (including the William James Book
Prize three
times, the Los Angeles Times Science Book Prize, and the Eleanor Maccoby
Book Prize), his research (including the Troland Research Prize from
the National Academy of Sciences and the Early Career Award from the
American Psychological Association), and his graduate and undergraduate
teaching. He is also a Humanist Laureate and the recipient of three
honorary doctorates.
Further
reading on Edge:
"Language
Is a Human Instinct" in The Third
Culture [1995]
"Organs of Computation": A Talk with Steven
Pinker [1.11.97]
"The Two Steves: A Debate": Steven Rose vs.
Steven Pinker [4.8.99]
"A Biological Understanding of Human Nature: A Talk with
Steven Pinker" [9.9.02]
"The Science of Gender and Science" [5.16.05]
"A
History of Violence" [3.27.07]
Beyond Edge: Steven
Pinker's Home Page
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