Steven Pinker

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Historia Idioma Psicología

Steven Arthur Pinker es un destacado psicólogo, científico cognitivo y autor canadiense-estadounidense.
Nacido en Montreal, estudió en la Universidad McGill y en Harvard, para luego impartir clases en el MIT y en Harvard.
La obra de Pinker explora la naturaleza humana, el lenguaje y la cognición, abordando en sus libros temas tan variados como la psicología y la historia.
Ha recibido numerosos reconocimientos, entre ellos la distinción de estar entre las 100 personas más influyentes según la revista Time.
Pinker es conocido por su defensa de la razón, la ciencia y el humanismo, así como por sus posturas controvertidas en diversos asuntos.
Casado con la filósofa Rebecca Goldstein, Pinker continúa aportando al debate público a través de sus escritos e investigaciones.

Libros de Steven Pinker

Enlightenment Now

por Steven Pinker • 2018

The world is getting better, by the numbers. The credit belongs to ideals we are abandoning.

4.19

32.000+

📊 Data-Driven Optimism 🌍 Global Development 🕊️ Decline Of Violence 🌱 Environmental Optimism ⚠️ Existential Risk

Enlightenment Now

The world is getting better, by the numbers. The credit belongs to ideals we are abandoning.

por Steven Pinker 2018 576 páginas

4.19

32.000+ valoraciones

📊 Data-Driven Optimism 🌍 Global Development 🕊️ Decline Of Violence 🌱 Environmental Optimism ⚠️ Existential Risk

Los ángeles que llevamos dentro

por Steven Pinker • 2010

Violence has plummeted for centuries. The numbers prove it. So does the danger it could reverse.

4.16

29.000+

🗡️ History Of Violence 📊 Quantitative History 🏛️ State And Violence 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases

Los ángeles que llevamos dentro

Violence has plummeted for centuries. The numbers prove it. So does the danger it could reverse.

por Steven Pinker 2010 806 páginas

4.16

29.000+ valoraciones

🗡️ History Of Violence 📊 Quantitative History 🏛️ State And Violence 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧩 Cognitive Biases

La tabla rasa

por Steven Pinker • 2002

Science has overturned the blank slate. Human nature is real, and building a just world requires it.

4.09

25.000+

🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧪 Behavioral Genetics 👶 Innate Cognition 🧩 Cognitive Biases

La tabla rasa

Science has overturned the blank slate. Human nature is real, and building a just world requires it.

por Steven Pinker 2002 560 páginas

4.09

25.000+ valoraciones

🧬 Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧪 Behavioral Genetics 👶 Innate Cognition 🧩 Cognitive Biases

El instinto del lenguaje

por Steven Pinker • 1994

Children don't learn language; they reinvent it, driven by grammar etched into the brain.

4.01

22.000+

📝 Generative Linguistics 👶 Language Acquisition 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⚖️ Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Psycholinguistics

El instinto del lenguaje

Children don't learn language; they reinvent it, driven by grammar etched into the brain.

por Steven Pinker 1994 448 páginas

4.01

22.000+ valoraciones

📝 Generative Linguistics 👶 Language Acquisition 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ⚖️ Nature Vs Nurture 🧠 Psycholinguistics

How the Mind Works

por Steven Pinker • 1997

Your mind is a system of evolved modules. Consciousness is the one puzzle evolution left unsolved.

3.99

21.000+

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Cognitive Science 🧩 Modular Mind 💻 Computational Mind 🏗️ Cognitive Architecture

How the Mind Works

Your mind is a system of evolved modules. Consciousness is the one puzzle evolution left unsolved.

por Steven Pinker 1997 660 páginas

3.99

21.000+ valoraciones

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🔬 Cognitive Science 🧩 Modular Mind 💻 Computational Mind 🏗️ Cognitive Architecture

The Stuff of Thought

por Steven Pinker • 2007

Every sentence you speak betrays the mind's hidden assumptions about space, time, and cause.

3.91

11.000+

🗣️ Cognitive Linguistics 🧠 Language And Mind 🔄 Conceptual Metaphor 🌍 Linguistic Relativity ⛓️ Causal Reasoning

The Stuff of Thought

Every sentence you speak betrays the mind's hidden assumptions about space, time, and cause.

por Steven Pinker 2007 499 páginas

3.91

11.000+ valoraciones

🗣️ Cognitive Linguistics 🧠 Language And Mind 🔄 Conceptual Metaphor 🌍 Linguistic Relativity ⛓️ Causal Reasoning

The Sense of Style

por Steven Pinker • 2014

Why can't smart people write clearly? A cognitive scientist blames one mental blind spot.

4.04

9000+

✍️ Prose Style 📖 Language Usage 🏛️ Classic Prose 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🌳 Syntax

The Sense of Style

Why can't smart people write clearly? A cognitive scientist blames one mental blind spot.

por Steven Pinker 2014 368 páginas

4.04

9000+ valoraciones

✍️ Prose Style 📖 Language Usage 🏛️ Classic Prose 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🌳 Syntax

Racionalidad

por Steven Pinker • 2021

How a single mental toolkit built science, law, and democracy, and why it keeps short-circuiting.

3.84

6000+

🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Bayesian Reasoning 🎯 Game Theory 📈 Statistical Thinking 🛡️ Motivated Reasoning

Racionalidad

How a single mental toolkit built science, law, and democracy, and why it keeps short-circuiting.

por Steven Pinker 2021 412 páginas

3.84

6000+ valoraciones

🧠 Cognitive Biases 📊 Bayesian Reasoning 🎯 Game Theory 📈 Statistical Thinking 🛡️ Motivated Reasoning

When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...

por Steven Pinker • 2025

How an infinite mental loop explains why we blush, lie, laugh, and cancel.

3.52

2000+

🧠 Cognitive Psychology ♟️ Game Theory 🧩 Social Coordination 🤝 Social Norms 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...

How an infinite mental loop explains why we blush, lie, laugh, and cancel.

por Steven Pinker 2025 384 páginas

3.52

2000+ valoraciones

🧠 Cognitive Psychology ♟️ Game Theory 🧩 Social Coordination 🤝 Social Norms 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology

Words and Rules

por Steven Pinker • 1999

Jogged is rule, bought is memory. Two systems, one verb, and their collisions explain language.

3.91

1000+

🧠 Psycholinguistics 📚 Language Acquisition 💭 Connectionism Debate 🧩 Mental Grammar 🔤 Language Universals

Words and Rules

Jogged is rule, bought is memory. Two systems, one verb, and their collisions explain language.

por Steven Pinker 1999 397 páginas

3.91

1000+ valoraciones

🧠 Psycholinguistics 📚 Language Acquisition 💭 Connectionism Debate 🧩 Mental Grammar 🔤 Language Universals

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