Steven Pinker

- Full Name: Steven Arthur Pinker
- Born: September 18, 1954
- Raised in Montreal, Canada
- Nationality: Canadian-American
- Occupation: Scientist and Author
- Professor at Harvard University

Steven Pinker is a prominent Canadian-American experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, and author of popular science.
Background

Pinker specialized in visual cognition and language development in children, and he is most famous for the idea that language is an "instinct" or biological adaptation shaped by natural selection. He opposes Noam Chomsky and others who regard the human capacity for language to be the by-product of other adaptations.
Important Works
1. The Language Instinct
2. How the Mind Works
3. Words and Rules
4. The Blank Slate
5. The Stuff of Thought

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Steven Pinker Timeline
- September 18, 1954: Born
- 1973: Dawson College graduate
- 1994: Releases The Language Instinct
- 2004: Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People
- 2002: Releases The Blank Slate
- 2005: Defends Harvard President Lawrence Summers in gender controversy
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