Stephen Pinker

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gptkbp:instanceOf author
psychologist
cognitive scientist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:McGill_University
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:The_Atlantic
gptkb:The_New_Republic
gptkb:MIT
gptkbp:awards gptkb:George_A._Miller_Prize
gptkb:William_James_Fellow_Award
Troland Research Award
gptkbp:birthDate September 18, 1954
gptkbp:birthPlace Montreal,_Quebec,_Canada
gptkbp:children 2
gptkbp:field psychology
cognitive science
linguistics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Stephen Pinker
gptkbp:image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Stephen_Pinker_2018.jpg/800px-Stephen_Pinker_2018.jpg
gptkbp:inception 1990s
gptkbp:influencedBy cognitive revolution
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Noam_Chomsky
gptkb:Richard_Dawkins
gptkb:B.F._Skinner
gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkbp:knownFor evolutionary psychology
language and cognition
popular science writing
gptkbp:nationality American
Canadian
gptkbp:notableWorks The Language Instinct
Enlightenment Now
How the Mind Works
The_Blank_Slate
gptkbp:occupation professor
writer
gptkbp:researchFocus language acquisition
evolutionary biology
cognitive development
human nature
social behavior
philosophy of mind
cognitive neuroscience
rationality
moral psychology
violence and its decline
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Rebecca_Goldstein
gptkbp:website www.stephenpinker.com